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 —He does look very well in them,—replied my mother.

—And for that reason it would be almost a sin, added my father, to take him out of 'em.

—It would so,—said my mother:—But indeed he is growing a very tall lad,—rejoin'd my father.

—He is very tall for his age, indeed,—said my mother.

—I can not (making two syllables of it) imagine, quoth my father, who the duce he takes after.

I cannot conceive, for my life,—said my mother.