“Sister’s gone a silking.”

“Lenny ain’t dot no sister—not one,” he said.

“Brother’s gone to get a skin

To wrap my Baby-Bunting in—

A pretty little rabbit skin,

To wrap my Baby-Bunting in.”

“No, no, no; Lenny ain’t dot no brudder. Dit do after yabbits,” said Lenny, very drowsily.

He was almost asleep, and the girl continued her chanting: but presently as his eyes were about closing, he suddenly started up:

“Met?”

“What does my pretty want?”