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, or 'e'll chew it inter bits! You'd no right to leave it out there With them calves and things about there. 'Eavens! wot a state! Dad's best! My, you'll get fits!

'Ave you washed the things, Matilder? Oh, do 'urry, girl, yer late! Seems to me you trouble more—!—You dunce! Now you've broke it! Well I never! Ain't chu mighty smart an' clever; Try'n to carry arf a dozen things at once. No back answers now! You hussy! Don't chu dare talk back at me Or I'll. . . . Nelly, did ju give them eggs to Bill? Wot? ? Well I. . . . Mary, Bring them dishes frum the dairy ; No, not them, the. . . . Lord, the sun's be'ind the hill!

All right, Dad, all right; don't worry. Now Matilder, goodness, 'urry! Where'd ju put that pie that's over? Wot? Which shelf? Mary, wot about the tea things ? Must I alwis 'ave to see things Managed proper? Can't chu 'tend to it yerself? Where's that Bill? Wot! ain't 'e back yet? Did ju ever see the like?