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Show the floor. Th rP wa: a:1 old hair t rnn k jn one corner, an(l a guitar box: in an th r, ancl all ~'Jrt of little knick-knack: a11d jirncrack ar nnd, lik ~ girl: bri ·ken up a r otn with. The king Raid it \ras all the n1orc hornely and 1nore pl~a ant )r for thc:p fixing ancl o don't disturb thctn. Th duke'· rootn was pretty stnall, but plenty good enough, and o was 1ny cubby. That night they ha<l a big snpp r, an<l all the1n 111 n ~md w01ncn was 1 hen), ~1nd I stood h{~hin(l th king and tlH' <lnke's chair.' ancl waited 011 thern, atHl the nigg r~ waited on thP n~:-~1. ~Iary Jan slt<> . <'l at the ltca<l of i he table, with ~u:an n1ong.. idP of h 'r, and .·aid how bad the hiscnits \va ... , and how Jll< 'Hll the pn) · rYr. wn. , and how ornrry an(l tough the fried ehickL'lls was - nnd all Llwt kind of rot, the' way wo1ncn always do for to fore ont coznplin1ent: ; and tl1e propl all knowed everyt lting· wa~ tip-top, and said ~o-said "lfow do you get bi ~cnits tn brown . o nicr? .. ancl "\\"her , for the land's ake, di ~l you .~·t · l 1hP, (l mnaz'n pickles? .. ancl all that kincl ofhumbug talky-talk, jn~t th \vay p<~oplP always clor. nt a supper, you know. And whnn it \\'<ls all clone, 1n an<l the hare-lip had t-~npJH'r in th kitch }n off of th · lea\'ing:;;, \rhilst i he others 'nt 1tC']l,jng· th nigo·rrs elr.an up the thing:. The hare-lip . .l1l' got. to pumpincr n1e n bout England, and ble:t if I didn't think i he icr " ·as gettin<r mi<rhty thin, sometim .·. ~h say · : " Did you ver . ee the king ? ., " \Yho? vrilliam Fourth? \Yell, I b t I have-he goe: to our church .'~ f knowecl he wa .. <lea(l y ars ago, hut I never 1 t on. o wh n I say. he goe. to our church, she says: ' \Vhat-r~gnlar? ., "l~ es-regular. His pew~s ri crht over oppo~ite ourn-on t'other side the pulpit." "I thought h l i\·ed in London?., " " rell, he doC) . . \Vhere ~VO'nld he live?" ';But I thonght yo1.t lived in Sheffield?., :..50 r :-iCC l W<l.' np a ,' Ltllllp . I llad to let Oll tog· ~t ch k<\d with :t ch iek <'11 bone, o a ' to gPt t in1c to t hink l1ow t g ;)t dow11 agai· n. 'l'hPn I ~ay : ' I 1ncan he g(H'~ to our dnuch regular wh n he' , in Sh<'ffiP ld. 'That's only in t liL' .-urn rn er-tj 1ne, \dwn he coln <'S tlH're to take th sea baths.'' " (~. -- !I•' I''I I,' 1 I I ,.\, , I' io I ,\ I I / \ Ht; PPEH \\Tl'll Till~ IIARC-LlP. '" \Vhy, how you talk-Rl1 cffield ain't on the sea." '' \Vell, who aid it \Ya ·'I '' "' Why, you did .. , '"I (lidn't, nuth r." " l~ ou did ! " 2 |