Oh, do you know him?
JERRY.
A deacon now! Ay, once I knew Rob Snow—
A jolly blade, if ever any was,
And merry as the full moon.
THE BOY.
He has failed
A good deal now, though, since his wife died.
JERRY.
What!
(Of course; of course; all's changed.) He married!
THE BOY.
Why,
How long you must have been away! For since
I can remember he has had a wife
And children. She was Gran'ther Hungerford's—