“Thought I’d take a stroll through the woods,—got that deown and spelt right?”

“Yes, yes; go on, and do not bother me so.”

“I pay ye five shillings by-and-bye, don’t I?”

“Yes, but you have no need to detain me so if you do.”

“Wall, I walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and—”

“What’s the use of saying it over so many times?”

“None o’ your business,—I pay ye five shillings,—and walked and walked and walked—”

“See here, this page is full of the words ‘and walked.’”

“Turn over then,—and walked and walked, and I couldn’t find any woods. Have ye got all that deown and spelt right?”

“Yes, but why don’t you go on.”