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"Now, mother," continued the Captain, "what troubles me is this, that instead o' findin' Miss Emma rich, and Mr Lawrence poor, or wice wersa, or findin' 'em both rich, I finds 'em both poor. That's where my difficulty lies." Mrs Roby offered a prompt solution of this difficulty by suggesting that William should divide the money between them.
I fell in with the out-guards of the Swedes at a little town called Beltsig, on the river Wersa, just as they were relieving the guards and going to march, and having a pass from the English ambassador was very well received by the officer who changed the guards, and with him I went back into the army.
"W'ot's wicey wersa, Mr Wright?" "Oh, it means the terms being changed turned the other way, you know back to the front, as it were in short, I mean the battery being in America and the bit of iron in Ireland." "Well, well, who'd a thought there was so much in wicey wersa; but go on, Mr Wright."
An' thin Garnett, who didn't know av his skipper's diviltry, sware vengeance on th' husband who deserted her, fer she ware gentil and kind wid th' men forrads." Here Chips paused and gave me a sidelong look as he refilled his pipe. Then he lit it and smiled hopefully. "They ware a quare pair, them mates, Garnett an' O'Toole," he said. "What one wasn't th' other was, and wice wersa.