Here he paused, expecting the name of the place to be supplied; but the gentleman answered:
“You are quite right; I generally go there at this season.”
“Ay—ahem!—do you? And no doubt you are now come from—?”
“Right again, sir; I live there.”
“Oh, ay; I see: you do! But I perceive it is a London shay. Is there any thing stirring in London?”
“Oh, yes; plenty of other chaises and carriages of all sorts.”
“Ay, ay, of course. But what do folks say?”
“They say their prayers every Sunday.”
“That isn't what I mean. I want to know whether there is any thing new and fresh.”
“Yes; bread and herrings.”