"Well, as to that," replied William, "it were the principle o' the thing that were at stake. When th' tarrier bit Wilfred Browitt in '19 he chased it out of th' village wi' his stick, an' nobody ain't seen it since."


Host (to guest, who is helping him to make a pergola). "Don't lean on it, you silly ass! You'll have it down."


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