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Eh, we thort we did a good deed, Mister Jocelyn an' I, when we kep' 'er as a baby, 'opin' agin 'ope as 'er parents 'ud turn up an' be sorry for the loss of 'er but never a sign of a soul! an' now she's grow'd up she's thorts in 'er 'ed which ain't easy to unnerstand for since Mister Jocelyn told 'er the tale of 'erself she's not been the same like she's got suddin old!"
He could always be depended upon to begin at the beginning, for he loved to tell it. "It all begun with our ship being took off the coast of Newport News, Virginia. We wuz runnin' the blockade sellin' guns and what-not to them Northerners. We aint had nothin' to do wid de war, unnerstand, we English folks was at'ter de money. Whose War? The North and South's, of course.
But when it's a shearin', or a dippin', yo' unnerstand, farmin' folk'll coom a long way to help yan anuther." "Are they all farmers about here?" "Mostly. Well, there's Duddon Castle!" Thyrza's voice, a little muffled by the tin-tacks in the mouth, came from somewhere near the top of a tall window "Oh an' I forgot!
You're a pris'ner, and it's the rule you can't holler or nothin'. You unnerstand that, Verman?" "Aw wi," said Verman. "Then go on in there. Hurry!" The obedient Verman marched into the closet and sat down among the shoes and slippers, where he presented an interesting effect of contrast.
'E'll unnerstand that it was all done in mistake, an' not by preference, so to speak. An' unnerstandin', he'll forgive. Lots of them mistakes are made by girls like me" thumping of washed but still grimy hand above gallant little heart "through swipes like you. Life's full of 'em down our way. But life's love, and love's life, and you can't get away from that, that yer can't.
'I'll pound it, it's wot you do yourself, sir, said Mr. Peggotty, shaking his head, 'and wot you do well right well! I thankee, sir. I'm obleeged to you, sir, for your welcoming manner of me. I'm rough, sir, but I'm ready least ways, I hope I'm ready, you unnerstand. My house ain't much for to see, sir, but it's hearty at your service if ever you should come along with Mas'r Davy to see it.
Mrs.; you nurse-lady, you Holmes Sen. Ito big Japan fight man, he Ito Sen, you unnerstand me, nurse-lady?" "Yes, child, I understand. Sen is a title, a term of respect, and you like to show your friend Frank all the honour you can, so you call him Frank Sen." And Omassa with unconscious slanginess gravely answered: "You right on to it at first try. He gamble all time.
'It was th' auld enemy that ye forgathered wi' on th' ice, an' ye are his until ye can kill th' king o' th' geese; an' then ye ken whaever carries his croun o' black an' white feathers can unnerstand th' language o' all fowl, an', wha' is more, call them to himsel', sae that he canna' fail to hae his wull o' them.
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