Wife (to warrior, whose politeness to the waitress has been duly noted). "HUM! YOU SEEM TO 'AVE COME BACK 'ALF FRENCH."
THE GIPSY SOLDIER
The gipsy wife came to my door with pegs and brooms to sell
They make by many a roadside fire and many a greenwood dell,
With bee-skeps and with baskets wove of osier, rush and sedge,
And withies from the river-beds and brambles from the hedge.