Pa. Nay, they said he had but one Ear, neither.
Ma. It may be he had lost the other in the War.
Pa. No, he lost it in Peace.
Ma. Who dar'd to cut it off?
Pa. Jack Ketch.
Ma. It may be his Riches made Amends.
Pa. Over Head and Ears in Debt. And with this Husband this charming Girl now spends her Days, and is now and then drubb'd into the Bargain.
Ma. That is a miserable Story indeed.
Pa. But it is a true one. It is a just Retaliation upon her, for slighting the young Gentleman.
Ma. I should rather chuse to be thunder-struck than ty'd to endure such a Husband.