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VIII. The Malthouse—The Chat—News

           MarkClark,withadditionalcriticismofGabriel’scountenance,thelatterpersonjerkingout,withtheghastlygrimacerequiredbytheinstrument,thechorusof"DameDurden:"

           ’TwasMoll’andBet’,andDoll’andKate’,

           AndDor’-othyDrag’-gleTail’.

           "Ihopeyoudon’tmindthatyoungman’sbadmannersinnamingyourfeatures?"whisperedJosephtoGabriel.

           "Notatall,"saidMr.Oak.

           "Forbynatureyebeaveryhandsomeman,shepherd,"continuedJosephPoorgrass,withwinningsauvity.

           "Ay,thatyebe,shepard,"saidthecompany.

           "Thankyouverymuch,"saidOak,inthemodesttonegoodmannersdemanded,thinking,however,thathewouldneverletBathshebaseehimplayingtheflute;inthisresolveshowingadiscretionequaltothatrelatedtoitssagaciousinventress,thedivineMinervaherself.

           "Ah,whenIandmywifeweremarriedatNorcombeChurch,"saidtheoldmaltster,notpleasedatfindinghimselfleftoutofthesubject,"wewerecalledthehandsomestcoupleintheneighbourhoodeverybodysaidso."

           "Dangedifyebain’talterednow,malter,"saidavoicewiththevigournaturaltotheenunciationofaremarkablyevidenttruism.Itcamefromtheoldmaninthebackground,whoseoffensivenessandspitefulwayswerebarelyatonedforbytheoccasionalchucklehecontributedtogenerallaughs.

           "Ono,no,"saidGabriel.

           "Don’tyeplaynomoreshepherd"saidSusanTall’shusband,theyoungmarriedmanwhohadspokenoncebefore."Imustbemovingandwhenthere’stunesgoingonIseemasifhunginwires.

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