Hetty, that fellow Dent said that her father was on his side, and would
help him to get Bet. Do you think arter that I'd leave Liverpool before
I made her my lawful wife?"




CHAPTER VIII.


In due course Mrs. Granger received a decent burial. There was money
enough for this purpose in the burial club to which Granger subscribed;
and Bet, rather to her surprise, saw that her father did not object
to doing the thing respectably for his dead wife. She and the little
boys and Granger himself, who was quite sober and looked remarkably
sulky, attended the funeral. The short service was quickly over, and
the queer-looking band of mourners turned away. As they were leaving
the cemetery, a thick-set and ungainly man, with eyes closely set in
his head, and a hat slouched over his forehead, came up and spoke to
Granger.

"All right, Dent," said Granger.

Then he turned to his daughter.

"You know Isaac Dent, don't you, Bet? You might ha' the manners to
give him a civil word."

Bet's eyes were red and swollen, for she had been crying bitterly.