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  He says to me as plain as plain. "First have some food, an' then explain." (I don't know how she came to tell. But I found out her name is Nell.)

We gets our bit to eat at last. (An', just for spite, he et his fast) … I think that Nell's a reel nice name … "All right, old dog, I ain't to blame If you" … Just as I go to sup My tea I stop dead, with my cup Half up, an' … By the Holy Frost! I wonder was Nell reely lost?