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The sound of them always conjures up to our mind the vision of a dull long room, full of oppressive silence, broken only by the scratching of steel pens and an occasional whispered "Give us a suck, Bill. You know I always liked you;" or a louder "Please, sir, speak to Jimmy Boggles. He's a-jogging my elbow."
"Child," I said, smiling at her, I know not why, "I have been searching for you ever since I first saw you " And: "What do you want of me?" said she, scarce moving her lips. "A favour." "Best mount your cobbler's mare and go a-jogging back, my pretty lad." The calm venom in her voice and her insolent grey eyes took me aback more than her saucy words.
"Well, there'd like to have been a pretty piece of work over it at Bicester, a while back. We was six mile from the town, when we meets an old square-headed gray-haired yeoman chap, a-jogging along quite quiet. He looks up at the coach, and just then a pea hits him on the nose, and some catches his cob behind and makes him dance up on his hind legs.
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