“Tat Ah don’ doubt. Yer a woman with a mean left ‘ook.”
“—-
But ta’nigh’ is me nigh’. Th’ only saucy one is me, honey.”Anne raised an eyebrow at him, her interest piqued. “Wha’ was tha’?”

“What was what?”
James rose his own, a ghost of smile crinkling the corner of his lip.
“–‘ard of 'earin’?”