and ‘Anon, kind sir!’ quoth she:
‘Pray what do these three hats do here,
without the leave of me?’
23
‘Why, you old cuckold, blind cuckold,
can’t you very well see?
They are three skimming-dishes,
my mother sent to me.’
24
‘Heyday! Godzounds! Skimming-dishes with hat-bands on!