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A fine 'andsome gal she vere, and vith nothing of the flash mollisher about 'er, either, though born on the streets, as ye might say, same as me. Vell, she gets con-werted, and she's alvays napping 'er bib over me, as you'd say, piping 'er eye, d'ye see? vanting me to turn honest and be con-werted too. 'Turn honest, says she, 'and ve'll be married ter-morrow, says she."
'Sure as you're settin' on that there box, it is, sez Black Dan, 'an' 'ere's another. 'An' werry good veppings too, sez my feyther, 'but vot might you be vanting vith me, Black Dan? 'First of all, I vants you to come down off that box, sez Black Dan. 'Oh? sez my feyther, cool as a coocumber. 'Ah! sez Black Dan.
"It does, it does," giggles Lizotchka, and hands him her gold watch from the little table. "Mend it." Vassya takes the watch, examines the mechanism for a long time, and wriggling and shrugging, says: "She can not be mended . . . in vun veel two cogs are vanting. . . ." This is the whole performance. Lizotchka laughs and claps her hands. "Capital," she exclaims. "Wonderful.