That 's what she called 'em ! ' ` And what did you think of it all ? ' ` Um -- um , ' Hobden rumbled . ' A man that uses fields an ' shaws after dark as much as I 've done , he do n't go out of his road excep ' for keepers . ' ` But settin ' that aside ? ' said Tom , coaxingly . ' I saw ye throw the Good Piece out-at-doors just now . Do ye believe or -- do ye ? ' ` There was a great black eye to that tater , ' said Hobden indignantly . ` My liddle eye did n't see un , then . It looked as if you meant it for -- for Any One that might need it . But settin ' that aside , d'ye believe or -- do ye ? ' ' I ai n't sayin ' nothin ' , because I 've heard naught , an ' I 've see naught . But if you was to say there was more things after dark in the shaws than men , or fur , or feather , or fin , I dunno as I 'd go far about to call you a liar . Now turnagain , Tom . What 's your say ? ' ` I 'm like you . I say nothin ' . But I 'll tell you a tale , an ' you can fit it as how you please . ' ` Passel o ' no-sense stuff , ' growled Hobden , but he filled his pipe .
` The Marsh men they call it Dymchurch Flit , ' XXXXX went on slowly .
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