JONATHAN
Tarnation! That's no laughing matter though.
JESSAMY
"And she lay sick a-dying";—now you must titter.
JONATHAN
What, snigger when the good woman's a-dying! Gor, I—
JESSAMY
Yes, the notes say you must—"and she asked her husband leave to make a will,"—now you must begin to look grave;—"and her husband said"—
JONATHAN
Ay, what did her husband say? Something dang'd cute, I reckon.