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There's always somebody as down't come, and they're glad of an extra turn to tyke the number if she's only clever enough to get a few 'ands. Going 'ome, dear?" "Yes," said Glory. "Where d'ye live?" said Aggie, and Glory told her. "I'll call for you Sunday night at eight, and if you down't tyke your chawnce when you get it, you're a foolisher woman than I thought you were, that's stright! By-bye!"
One was tall and pink and white, like a scarlet runner, the other was little and dainty. They stared at Glory, and she was compelled to speak. "Miss Bellman, I presume?" "Ye mean Betty, down't ye?" said the tall lady, and at that moment Betty herself arrived. She was a plump person with a kind of vulgar comeliness, and Glory had a vague sense of having seen her before somewhere.
If I was you, now, I'd go and see the Tahr of London where they used to be'ead people. An' the Monument, too! You can go up that for thruppence. An' the view you get! Miles an' miles an' miles! Well, you can see the Crystal Palace anywy! I do like a view! Or if you down't like the Tahr of London, you could go to the Zoo. Ow, the monkeys! Ow, dear! They're so yooman, I felt quite uncomfortable.
John Storm made some inarticulate reply. "Thort ye might be, sir. We often 'as 'em 'ere sempling the cawfee, but blessed if they ever wanted to semple a bed afore. Still, if you down't mind " "It will be better than I deserve, my man. Can you give me a cup of coffee before I turn in?" "With pleasure, sir! Set down, sir! Myke yourself at 'ome.
Miss Gloria can let herself in, anyway, same as comin' from the theatre. But can I git ye anythink? No? Well, you know your wye up, sir, down't ye?" "Yes, yes; good-night, Liza!" "Good-night, Farver!" He had set his foot on the stair to go up to the drawing-room when it suddenly occurred to him that though he was the minister of God he was using the weapons of the devil. No matter!
Stend up, Jowey, bo-oy. Godwin looked askance at his cousin, who stood with pert face, ready for any test. 'What's the date of William the Conqueror? he asked, mechanically. 'Ow! shouted the youth. 'Down't mike me larff! Zif I didn't know thet! Tensixsixtenightysivn, of course!
"Well, anybody'd think you was, you ast so many questions!" John's face coloured. "I beg your pardon," he said in confusion. "I didn't mean to be inquisitive!" "That's awright. No need to 'pologise. I can see you down't mean no 'arm!" His manner relaxed a little, as if he would atone to John for his former surliness. "That's the 'Orns," he said, pointing to a large public-house.
I'm thinking, Mr. Connal, that Wilson ought to be the Provost!" "Strange!" cried the former Head of the Town, "that you should have been thinking that! I've just been in the same mind o't. Wilson's by far and away the most progressive man we have. What a business he has built in two or three years!" "He has that!" shouted Brodie. "He goes up the brae as fast as some other folk are going down't.
The squire, almost annihilated by this exclamation, fell upon his knees, crying, "I pray yaw, my lord conjurer's worship, pardon my ignorance, and down't go to baind me over to the Red Sea like I'se a poor Yorkshire tyke, and would no more cheat the stars, than I'd cheat my own vather, as the saying is a must be a good hand at trapping, that catches the stars a napping but as your honour's worship observed, my name is Tim Crabshaw, of the East Raiding, groom and squair to Sir Launcelot Greaves, baron knaight, and arrant-knaight, who ran mad for a wench, as your worship's conjuration well knoweth.
'Ow ... different?" "Well ... different!" The man spat. "I down't see wot more you could expect," he said. "It's there, ain't it? Wot more du want?" "Oh, it's there, of course ... only!..." The man interrupted him. "Wot's a toob for?" he said. He answered his own question. "To travel by. Well, you can travel by it. Wot more du want?" "But I thought it would be exciting!..."
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