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That awful bridge!..." "I down't see nothink wrong with it," the driver interrupted. "Nothing wrong with it! You'd think they were ashamed of it, they've hidden it so!" "I down't see nothink wrong with it. Wot you gettin' so excited abaht?" "Shakespeare said his prayers there!" John ejaculated. "Well, wot if 'e did?" the driver replied. "We down't think nothink of Cathedrals owver 'ere!
He felt enthralled by this wonder of traffic, of great crowds moving with ease through a criss-cross of confusing streets. "It's wonderful," he said, leaning forward and speaking almost in a whisper to the driver. "Wot is?" "All that traffic!" "Ow, thet's nothink. We think nothink of thet owver 'ere," the driver replied. "We down't tyke no notice of a little lot like thet!"
It's better to be called John than to be called Perce!" "Why don't you get married, Lizzie?" Eleanor said. "Never been ast. That's why. I'd jump at the chance if I got it. You down't think I'm 'angin' on 'ere out of love for Aunt. I'm just 'angin' on in 'ope!..." But before Eleanor and Mrs. MacDermott went to Ballyards, they realised that John's sub-editorial work was hard and inconvenient.
And as the sons of men assembled themselves together, Satan came also, the spirit I, that evermore denies. "A-a-ah!" sneers his embodiment in one whose crackling voice cannot make up its mind whether to be bass or treble, "A-a-ah, to the show they down't do hay-uf what they is in the pitchers." A chilling silence follows. A cold uneasiness strikes into all the listeners.
Take dish yer sifter, en run down't de spring en fetch me some fresh water. "De little Rabbits, dey run down't de spring, en try ter dip up de water wid de sifter, but co'se hit all run out, en hit keep on runnin' out, twel bimeby de little Rabbits sot down en 'gun ter cry.
"Good-bye, Lizzie!" he said, and then, "What on earth are you crying for?" "I dunno," she answered, wiping her eyes. "Just 'appiness, I s'pose. I'll be doin' it myself some dy. See if I down't. It'd annoy aunt, anyway!" They scrambled into the cab and were driven off. They leant back against the cushions and looked at each other. "Well, we're married, Eleanor.
"If that's the local belief, I wonder anybody went down into the pit to recover Mr. Glenthorpe's body." "Nobody wouldn't 'a' gone down but Herward. I wouldn't 'a' gone down for untowd gowd, but Herward comes from th' Broads, and don't know nartin' about this part of the ma'shes. Besides, he ain't no Christian, down't care for no ghosts nor sperrits. I've often heerd un say so."
"What's yer gime, mister? Preach the gawspel? Give us trecks? This is my funeral, down't ye know, and I'd jest like to hear." The little foreigners were enjoying the parson-baiting, and the drunken man's courage was rising to fever heat. "I'll give 'im one-two between the eyes if 'e touches me again."
By the light of the lamp he could see them. The man was Charlie Wilkes, in the uniform of a soldier; the woman, with the paint running on her face, her fringe disordered, and her back hair torn down, was Aggie Jones. "We down't want no religion 'ere," said Charlie, sneering. "You'll get some, though, if you're not off quick!" said John.
I do like to see 'em go off in their broom of a evenin'. Mykes the 'ouse look a bit classy, I think, but Aunt says they're living in sin an' she down't feel 'appy about it. But wot I sy is, wot's it matter so long as they pys their rent reg'lar an' down't go an' myke no fuss. They couldn't be less trouble.
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