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His date was a little later than that of the old Mellstock quire-band which comprised the Dewys, Mail, and the rest in fact, he did not rise above the horizon thereabout till those well-known musicians were disbanded as ecclesiastical functionaries. In their honest love of thoroughness they despised the new man's style. And probably this was true.
If the sun only shines out a minute, there be you all streaming in the face I never see!" "If I be hot week-days, I must be hot Sundays." "If any of the girls should turn after their father 'twill be a bad look- out for 'em, poor things! None of my family were sich vulgar sweaters, not one of 'em. But, Lord-a-mercy, the Dewys! I don't know how ever I cam' into such a family!"
Why, wherever could you have got it?" "'Tis my warm nater in summer-time, I suppose. I always did get in such a heat when I bustle about." "Ay, the Dewys always were such a coarse-skinned family. There's your brother Bob just as bad as fat as a porpoise wi' his low, mean, 'How'st do, Ann? whenever he meets me. I'd 'How'st do' him indeed!
As you may know, sir, the players formed a very good band almost as good as the Mellstock parish players that were led by the Dewys; and that's saying a great deal. There was Nicholas Puddingcome, the leader, with the first fiddle; there was Timothy Thomas, the bass- viol man; John Biles, the tenor fiddler; Dan'l Hornhead, with the serpent; Robert Dowdle, with the clarionet; and Mr.
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