"Those were hard knocks, I should say."
"They were, I assure you; but I lay there, and slept there, and won my wager."
"Would you do it again?"
"No."
"And why not?"
"Because of the rheumatism."
"You caught that?"
"I did; I would give ten times my wager to get rid of them. I have them very badly."
"Come, order, order—the tale; let's hear the end of that, since it has begun."
"With all my heart. Come, neighbour."