She became violently convulsed, and George, in the greatest excitement, rang the bell violently. A servant entered, and to his broken interrogations of “Where are the children?—what has happened to your mistress?—tell me this instant what has befallen your mistress!—what dreadful accident has occurred?” Answer—
“Lawk, sir, you are so passionate and hasty; you won’t give a body time to speak.”
“Death and fury, idiot!” exclaimed the exasperated George; “tell me this instant what to think, or by Heaven——
“Lawk-a-daisey, sir, why, if you must know, then, missus has been peeling some onions to fry with the steak, and it is so strong it’s got into her EYES, that’s all sir!”
Batchlar, Printer, Long Alley.