Cathi Colas
speaker
286 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2026
last heard 9 Sep
Cathi Colas’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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whispered Mary.
Now, but he wishes he'd never been born.
Mother says that's the worst thing on earth for a child.
Them as is not wantin' it scarce ever thrives.
Mr Craven, he'd buy anything his money could buy for the poor lad, but he'd like to forget as he's on earth.
For one thing, he's afraid to look at him some day and find his growed hunch back.
Colin is so afraid of it himself that he won't sit up, said Mary.
He says he's always thinking that if he should feel a lump coming, he should go crazy and scream himself to death.
Eh, he oughtn't to lie there thinking things like that, said Dickin.
No lad could get well as thought them sort of things.
The fox was lying on the grass close by him, looking up to ask for a pat now and then, and Dickin bent down and rubbed his neck softly and thought a few minutes in silence.
Presently he lifted his head and looked round the garden.
When we first got in here, he said, seemed like everything was grey.
Look round now and tell me if thou doesn't see a difference.
Mary looked and caught her breath a little.
Why, she cried, the grey wall is changing.
It is as if a green mist were creeping over it.
It's almost like a green gauze veil.
Aye, said Dickin, and it'll be greener and greener till the grey's all gone.
Can I guess what I was thinking?
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