--Pugh! Bart. stands for Baronight, mun.
_Ash._ Likely, likely,--Drabbit it, only to think of the zwaps and
changes of this world!
_Dame._ Our Nelly married to a great Baronet! I wonder, Tummas, what
Mrs. Grundy will say?
_Ash._ Now, woolye be quiet, and let I read--"And she has proposed
bringing me to see you; an offer, I hope, as acceptable to my dear
feyther"--
_Dame._ "And mother"--
_Ash._ Bless her, how prettily she do write feyther, dan't she?
_Dame._ And mother.
_Ash._ Ees, but feyther first, though----"As acceptable to my dear
feyther and mother, as to their affectionate daughter--Susan
Ashfield."--Now bean't that a pratty letter?
_Dame._ And, Tummas, is not she a pretty girl?
_Ash._ Ees; and as good as she be pratty--Drabbit it, I do feel zoo
happy, and zoo warm,--for all the world like the zun in harvest.
_Dame._ Oh, Tummas, I shall be so pleased to see her, I shan't know
whether I stand on my head or my heels.
_Ash._ Stand on thy head! vor sheame o' thyzel--behave pratty, do.
_Dame._ Nay, I meant no harm--Eh, here comes friend Evergreen the
gardener, from the castle.
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