Then she looked at the envelope
clutched in her hand, and read out the address,
'Henry, Henry, Henry Halywin, Eskeuer! An' I tookt 'im for a copper
in plain clothes all the while! Henry, Henry, Henry Halywin, Eskeuer!
I shall die a-larfin', I know I shall! I shall die a-larfin', I know
I shall! Poll! don't you mind me a-tellin' you about my pore darter
Winifred--for my darter she _was_, as I'll swear afore all the beaks
in London--don't you mind me a-sayin' that if she wouldn't talk when
she wur awake, she could mag away fast enough when she wur asleep;
an' it were allus the same mag about dear little Henry, an' dear
Henry Halywin as couldn't git up the gangways without 'er. Well, pore
dear Henry was 'er sweet'airt, an' this is the chap, an' if my eyes
ain't stun blind, the werry chap out o' the cussed studeros as killed
'er, pore dear, an' as is a-skearin' me away from my beautiful 'um in
Primrose Court; an' 'ere wur I a-talkin' to 'im all of a muck sweat,
thinkin' he wur a copper in plain clothes!'
At this moment Sinfi entered the room.
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