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"It is wery koorious," continued John, taking his pipe out of his mouth and addressing himself to it with much gravity "wery koorious. Things always seems wot they isn't, and turns out to be wot they didn't appear as if they wasn't; werry odd indeed, it is!
Two days before Eunice was expected at Yew Hedge, Peg was summoned from the garden to receive a mysterious visitor, and stared in bewilderment to see Rosalind herself awaiting in the drawing-room. No one else was present, and in the wery moment of entering Peggy realised that the news which she had expected so long was an accomplished fact.
'What did you think of 'em, Sir? 'I thought they was particklery unpleasant, replied Sam. 'Ah, said Mr. John Smauker, 'you disliked the killibeate taste, perhaps? 'I don't know much about that 'ere, said Sam. 'I thought they'd a wery strong flavour o' warm flat irons. 'That IS the killibeate, Mr. Weller, observed Mr. John Smauker contemptuously.
Hows'ever, there they wos, and there Jinkinson wos, till he wos took wery ill with some inn'ard disorder, lost the use of his legs, and wos confined to his bed, vere he laid a wery long time, but sich wos his pride in his profession, even then, that wenever he wos worse than usual the doctor used to go down-stairs and say, "Jinkinson's wery low this mornin'; we must give the bears a stir;" and as sure as ever they stirred 'em up a bit and made 'em roar, Jinkinson opens his eyes if he wos ever so bad, calls out, "There's the bears!" and rewives agin.
Nice to be a young gemm'un, I says us poor coves as works wery 'ard, we'd like to be young gemm'un too, with lots o' money, and all so comfortable off. Why, young maister, you don't know now what it is to be in want of a shillun. I do!"
'You, replied Mr. Pickwick. 'Wery good, Sir. With these words Mr. Weller left the room, and immediately afterwards was heard to shut the street door. In two hours' time he returned with so much coolness as if he had been despatched on the most ordinary message possible, and brought the information that an individual, in every respect answering Mr.
They're all made o' them noble animals," says he, a-pointin' to a wery nice little tabby kitten, "and I seasons 'em for beefsteak, weal or kidney, 'cording to the demand. And more than that," says he, "I can make a weal a beef-steak, or a beef-steak a kidney, or any one on 'em a mutton, at a minute's notice, just as the market changes, and appetites wary!"
'Are you a married man, sir? inquired Sam. The barber replied that he had not that honour. 'I s'pose you mean to be? said Sam. 'Well, replied the barber, rubbing his hands smirkingly, 'I don't know, I don't think it's very likely. 'That's a bad sign, said Sam; 'if you'd said you meant to be vun o' these days, I should ha' looked upon you as bein' safe. You're in a wery precarious state.
I pass them over though, because some of 'em were not wery genteel. "Law, miss," said I, "what shall I do? My master will never forgive me; and I haven't a single sixpence to pay a coach." Miss Betsy was just going to call one when I said that; but the coachman wouldn't have it at that price, he said, and I knew very well that SHE hadn't four or five shillings to pay for a wehicle.
'Perhaps, said Mr. Stiggins hesitatingly, after a few moments' deep thought, 'perhaps she recommended me to the care of the man of wrath, Mr. Samuel? 'I think that's wery likely, from what he said, rejoined Sam; 'he wos a-speakin' about you, jist now. 'Was he, though? exclaimed Stiggins, brightening up. 'Ah! He's changed, I dare say. We might live very comfortably together now, Mr.
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