Witness: Yes, sir, worse luck. ’Is name was James, poor dear!
Mr. White Lush: You live at No. 118, Great Porter Square?
Witness: Yes, sir.
Mr. White Lush: How long have you occupied your house?
Witness: Four and twenty year, come Michaelmas.
Mr. White Lush: What kind of a house is yours?
Witness (with spirit): I defy you or any gentleman to say anythink agin its character.
Mr. White Lush: You keep a lodging-house?
Witness: I’m none the worse for that, I suppose?