“Well,” said I, “I beg your pardon. How is it all wid ye?”
“Quite well. How is it wid yere hanner?”
“Tolerably. Where do you come from?”
“From Chepstow, yere hanner.”
“And where are you going to?”
“To Newport, yere hanner.”
“And I come from Newport, and am going to Chepstow. Where’s Tourlough and his wife?”
“At Cardiff, yere hanner; I shall join them again to-morrow.”
“Have you been long away from them?”
“About a week, yere hanner.”