JESSAMY
"And her husband said, you have had your will all your life-time, and would you have it after you are dead, too?"
JONATHAN
Ho, ho, ho! There the old man was even with her; he was up to the notch—ha, ha, ha!
JESSAMY
But, Mr. Jonathan, you must not laugh so. Why you ought to have tittered piano, and you have laughed fortissimo. Look here; you see these marks, A, B, C, and so on; these are the references to the other part of the book. Let us turn to it, and you will see the directions how to manage the muscles. This [turns over] was note D you blundered at.—You must purse the mouth into a smile, then titter, discovering the lower part of the three front upper teeth.
JONATHAN
How? read it again.
JESSAMY
"There was a certain man"—very well!—"who had a sad scolding wife,"—why don't you laugh?