"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’?”