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"Ha, ha, ha! Do you know what, father? He says I'm the handsome ensign of the forty-seventh, that took away Lord Handicap's daughter." "The greatest beauty in all England," added the pedlar; "an' I knew him at wanst, your honor." "Well, Dick, that's a compliment, at any rate," replied the father. "Were you ever in the forty-seventh?" asked the son, smiling.
"What are you speaking about what do you mean?" asked the young man. The pedlar went over to him, and said, in a low voice, looking cautiously at the father, as if he didn't wish that he should hear him "It was surely your honor took away Lord Handicap's daughter when you wor an ensign the handsome ensign, as they called you in the forty-seventh? Eh? faix I knew you the minute I looked at you."
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