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 71 Et waz gittin laate an zo I zaid, ^' Betty, 'tes time fur me te go horn," an she zaid, "whanever yew de wish Rechard/' an I zaid, " Woll'ee cum an ze ma paart uv tha way hom, Betty?" an she zaid she wud, an zo she ded, an cum along way me oal tha way down te tha bottom uv tha town ; an thane I lukked at Betty an I zaid " Betty give us a kess, now woll'ee *? " an she zaid *^ Iss she wud," an she ded too, an she gived me a kess. '^ Wale, Betty, thee'st lemm'ee cum an ze'ee te-morra night '?" an she zaid "'tes jist as yew de wish Rechard" an zoon aefter I staerted fur hom, an got inte bade. Tha aivnin aefter that, I went te mit Betty. Ite a'clock ! an Betty wadd'n cum — Nyne a'clock ! an no Betty — tane a'clock, an no Betty — lebb'n, twaelve a'clock, an no Betty ; zo I zaid to meselv, 'tes sa well te go hom as stay heer, an zo I ded, an nex mornin I heerd that poar Betty waz tuk very bad, very bad shore nuff, an that she sent word fur me te cum ; zo I went, an zeed poar Betty, an she zaid, " Eechard, ef so be that I waz te die, yew'l go te me berrin want'ee?" an 1 zaid, "I dedn't knaw what te zay '' — " praps " — an thane I zaid, " I wud," an I ded, an I waalked behind tha coffin zingin hymns oal tha way, fur poar Betty dide — Iss she ded — an I de nevvur go inside St. Austell berrin-groun wethout I de drap a tear in mind uv poar Betty Polglaze.