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from behind the nicest little muslin tucker possible, and handed it to
Sam, who thereupon kissed it with much gallantry and devotion.
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My goodness me!' said Mary, adjusting the tucker, and feigning
unconsciousness, 'you seem to have grown very fond of it all at once.'
To this Mr Weller only replied by a wink, the intense meaning of which
no description could convey the faintest idea of; and, sitting himself
down beside Mary on a window-seat, opened the letter and glanced at
the contents.
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Hollo!' exclaimed Sam, 'wot's all this?'
Nothing the matter, I hope?' said Mary, peeping over his shoulder.
Bless them eyes o' yourn!' said Sam, looking up.
Never mind my eyes; you had much better read your letter,' said the
pretty housemaid; and as she said so, she made the eyes twinkle with
such slyness and beauty that they were perfectly irresistible.
Sam refreshed himself with a kiss, and read as follows: -
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MARKIS GRAN 'By DORKEN 'Wensdy.
My DEAR SAMMLE,
I am werry sorry to have the pleasure of being a Bear of ill news your
Mother in law cort cold consekens of imprudently settin too long on
the damp grass in the rain a hearing of a shepherd who warnt able to
leave off till late at night owen to his having vound his-self up vith
brandy and vater and not being able to stop his-self till he got a little
sober which took a many hours to do the doctor says that if she'd
svallo'd varm brandy and vater artervards insted of afore she mightn't
have been no vus her veels wos immedetly greased and everythink
done to set her agoin as could be inwented your father had hopes as
she vould have vorked round as usual but just as she wos a turnen
the corner my boy she took the wrong road and vent down hill vith a
welocity you never see and notvithstandin that the drag wos put on
directly by the medikel man it wornt of no use at all for she paid the
last pike at twenty minutes afore six o'clock yesterday evenin havin
done the journey wery much under the reglar time vich praps was
partly owen to her haven taken in wery little luggage by the vay your
father says that if you vill come and see me Sammy he vill take it as a
wery great favor for I am wery lonely Samivel n. b. he VILL have it
spelt that vay vich I say ant right and as there is sich a many things
to settle he is sure your guvner wont object of course he vill not
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