“Ah!”
“Why, I don’t rightly know. It worn’t a long time ago, nor it worn’t a short time ago—just between the two, perhaps.”
“Has any chaise been by at all?”
“Oh yes, there’s been a shay by.”
“How long ago, my friend,” interposed Mr. Pickwick, “an hour?”
“Ah, I daresay it might be,” replied the man.
“Or two hours?” inquired the post-boy on the wheeler.
“Well, I shouldn’t wonder if it was,” returned the old man, doubtfully.
“Drive on, boys,” cried the testy old gentleman: “don’t waste any more time with that old idiot!”