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He decided for the former, and one day brought his spelling-book to George in the round-house. "I've been a looking for that yere word, Gearge," said he. "There's lots of Mo's, but it bean't among 'em. Here they be. Words of two syllables; M, Ma, Me, Mi; here they be, Mo."
I should think so why, I'm always eatin' or thinkin' of it. Oh, I'm a fine eater, I am an' I bean't no chicken at drinkin', neither." "Then you ought to be happy." "Ah! but I bean't!" he repeated, shaking his head. "Have you any troubles?" "None as I can think on." "You earn good money every week?" "Ten shillin'." "You are not married?" "Not me." "Then," said I, "you must be happy."
"There is one as leaves Roxham at nine o'clock, sir, and an uncommon fast one, I'm told. But you bean't a-going yet, be you, sir?" "Yes, have the gig ready in time to catch the train." "Very good, sir. Been to the fire, I suppose sir?" he went on, dimly perceiving that Arthur's clothes were torn. "It were a fine place, it wore, and it did blaze right beautiful." "No; what fire?"
"Good lad!" he grinned. "Ye be a play-actor, for sure?" "Certainly I am not! Pray how may I get to Tonbridge?" "Why, like Gammer Perkins' old sow," he grinned, "one leg afore t' other! I bean't sich a green 'un as ye think." "Thank you for nothing!" said I sharply. "Oh, ye can't make a fule of I!" quoth he, grinning. "No," I retorted, "Nature has done so already!"
I set to with my needle, an' I dressed myself as like a proper clown as I could, an' painted my face beautiful, an' from that time till they was able to do some'at for theirselves, I managed to keep the kids in life. It wasn't much more, you see, but life's life though it bean't tip-top style.
Here they looked in each others' face, as if to gather from that the general tone of the feelings of their companions; but here they saw nothing that intimated the least idea of going back as they came. "It's all very well, mates, to take care of ourselves, you know," began one tall, brawny fellow; "but, if we bean't to be sucked to death by a vampyre, why we must have the life out of him."
"No, that it bean't," answered his wife. "You don't think there's any harm in smoking a pipe, sir?" "Not the least," I answered, with emphasis. "You see, sir," he went on, not giving me time to prove how far I was from thinking there was any harm in it; "You see, sir, sailors learns many ways they might be better without.
If I want to say what I think about thee, I'm none going to tie my tongue aforehand." "We'll be fast friends yet. See, if we bean't! Good-bye to thee, Hallam. Thou'lt be going through t' park, I expect?" "Ay; I'll like enough find company there." It was about three o'clock, gray and chill.
'Ecod, if thot's on'y a Poast Office, I'd loike to see where the Lord Mayor o' Lunnun lives. So saying, John Browdie for he it was opened the coach-door, and tapping Mrs Browdie, late Miss Price, on the cheek as he looked in, burst into a boisterous fit of laughter. 'Weel! said John. 'Dang my bootuns if she bean't asleep agean!
"Well?" said I. "You'm right!" he nodded, "and a man wi' eyes the like o' yourn bean't one as 'tis easy to turn aside, even though it do be Black Jarge as tries." "Then," said Job, as I took up my staff, "if your back's broke, my chap why, don't go for to blame me, that's all! You be a sight too cocksure ah, that you be!"
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