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From the first it went wrong, an' Sir 'Ugh was out of temper pretty constant. She came into the studio one day and looked at the picture an 'asked 'im why 'e didn't throw it up an' quit aworriting 'imself. He answered sharp, an' with that she said as 'ow she didn't see w'at there was to make such a row about, no'ow.
"Is it a Plenipotentiary or a furrin' Prime Minister they take me for?" he muttered to himself over a mild cigar of the finest quality, "or mayhap they think I'm a Prince in disguise! But then a man in disguise ain't known, and therefore can't be follered, or, if he was, what would be the use of his disguise? No, I can't make it out, no'ow."
But, crossing the yard, he was met by Adam, who, chuckling still, paused to touch his hat. "To look at that theer 'all, sir, you wouldn't never know as there'd ever been any sale at all, not no'ow. Now the only question as worrits me, and as I'm a-axin' of myself constant is, what will Miss Anthea 'ave to say about it?" "Yes," said Bellew, "I wonder!"
He's quite a young colt, sir, only 'alf broke kicks like a windmill, sir, and's got an 'ead like a steam-engine; 'e couldn't 'old 'im in no'ow, sir. I 'ad 'im down to the smith 'tother day, sir, an' says 'e to me, says 'e, 'That's a screamer, that is. 'Yes, says I, 'that his a fact. 'Well, says 'e "
"I dropped it just now." "Findin's keepin's, I believe," said the big boy. "Nonsense," I said. "Give me my knife." "'Ow many blades it got?" "Three." "And what sort of 'andle?" "Bone." "Got a corkscrew like?" "Yes." "Ah! This ain't your knife no'ow. See?" He made no offer to show it to me. My breath went. "Look here!" I said. "I saw that kid pick it up. It IS my knife."
"Me and Burler can't make out what he wants, but he won't go away, not no'ow." "What's he like?" I asked. "Oh, he's old, Sir, and none too clean, and he's got a sack with him." "Stop," said Slip. "Now, Tailer, think carefully before you answer my next question. Does he wear a yachting cap?" "Yes, Sir," said Tailer, "that's it, Sir, 'e do wear a sort of sea 'at, Sir."
"Oh!" remarked Mivins, who only half understood the meaning of the explanation, "'ow very hodd. But can you tell me, Mr. Saunders, 'ow it is that them 'ere hicebergs is made? Them's wot I don't comprehend no'ow." "Ay," replied Saunders, "there has been many a wiser head than yours, puzzled for a long time about icebergs. But if ye'll use yer eyes you'll see how they are formed.
Still, I don't," said the Pedler, spitting dejectedly into the ditch, "I don't bear you no 'ard feelin's for it, no'ow me always makin' it a pint to forgive them as woefully oppresses me, likewise them as despitefully uses me it might ha' been cold, and dark, wi' ice and snow, and I might ha' froze to death but we won't say no more about it."
'Because it can't, says I, 'not no'ow, me lord, says I. Well, after cussin' 'isself well-nigh black in the face, 'e orders me to have it ready fust thing to-morra, and if you 'adn't found that there bolt for me it wouldn't have been ready fust thing to-morra, which would ha' been mighty bad for me, for this 'ere gentleman's a fire-and-fury out-and-outer, and no error."
"W'at do I want of a character? I'll chuck the 'ole thing, and damned lively, too. The shop's to be sold out, an' my place is gone any'ow. I'm agoing to enlist, or try the gold fields. I've lived too long with h'artists; I'd never give satisfaction in livery now. You know 'ow it is yourself, sir; there ayn't no life like it, no'ow."
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