"That is my favourite dream."
"No wonder," we said.
Mother. "GEORGE WERE ALWAYS A TURRIBLE ONE TO CLEAN 'ISSELF; BUT THE ARMY DO SEEM TO 'AVE MADE UN WORSE."
Father. "AH! 'E GIVES WAY TO IT."
Gambler's Wife (after reading result of the Derby). "TAKE THE PARROT OUTSIDE, NELLIE. THE MASTER WILL BE HOME DIRECTLY AFTER THE HORSE HE BACKED HAS COME IN LAST."