I think I could guess; poor girl!
she has looked rather peaking for some weeks.--Don't be in a hurry,
Jack; look about; there's plenty of pretty things in my shop.--So Davis
the butcher has been pulled up for bad meat; I thought it would come to
that, and I'm glad of it.--There's a capital lock and key, Jack, to put
to your chest, when you get one; suppose you take that.--What's the
doctor about? They say he is always sitting with the widow.--Does your
mother make plenty of money by clear-starching? I know your sister had a
spotted muslin frock on last Sunday, and that must have cost
something.--There's a spade, Jack; very useful to dig on the beach; you
may find something--money, perhaps--who knows? Take the spade, Jack, and
then you'll owe me sixpence.--So Bill Freeman pawned his wife's best
gown last Saturday night. I thought it would be so. He may say it's
because he's caught no fish this bad weather. But I know more than
people think.--Here's a nice glass bottle, Jack, wouldn't you like to
give it to your mother, to put pickles in? it's white glass, you see.
Look about, Jack; there's plenty of pretty things, you see.--So the
Governor's daughter's going to be married; at least I suppose so, for I
met her riding with a young gentleman; and nowadays the quality always
make love on horseback.
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