e - first - and - then - at - h-o-m-e,whuoame. - Dear - fatther' - Lawk o' daisy,what ails you,Daddy Maxley.You be as white as a Sunday smock. Be you poisoned again,if you please?
Worse than that - worse!groaned Maxhey,trembling all over. Hush!- hold your tongue!Give me that letter!Don't you never tell nobody nothing of what you have been a reading to me,and I'll - I'll - It's only Jem's fun: he is allus running his rigs - that's a good wench now,and I'll give ye a halfpenny.
La,Daddy,said the child,opening her eyes,I never heeds what I re-ads:ray ban pas cher I be wrapped up in the spelling. Dear heart,what a sight of long words folks puts in a letter,more than ever drops out of their mouths; which their fingers be longer than their tongues,I do suppose.
Maxley hailed thus information characteristically. Then we'll say no more about the halfpenny.
At this,Rose raised a lamentable cry,and pearly tears gushed forth.
There,there!said Maxley,deprecatingly; here's two apples for ye; ye can't get them for less: and a halfpenny or a haporth is all one to you,but it is a great odds to me. And apples they rot; halfpence don't.
It was now nine o'clock. The bank did not open till ten; but Maxley went and hung about the door,to be the first applicant.
As he stood there trembling with fear lest the bank should not open at all,he thought hard,and the result was a double resolution: he would have his money out to the last shilling; and,this done,would button up his pockets and padlock his tongue. It was not his business to take care of his neighbours; nor to blow the Hardies,if they paid him his money on demand. So not a word to my missus,nor yet to the town-crier,said he.
Ten o'clock struck,and the bank shutters remained up. Five minutes more,and the watcher was in agony. Three minutes more,and up came a boy of sixteen whistling,and took down the shutters with an indifference that amazed him. Bless your handsome face!said Maxley with a sigh of relief.
He now summoned up all his firmness,and,having recourse to an art in which these shrewd rustics are supreme,made his face quite inexpressive,and so walked into the bank the every-day Maxley externally,but within a volcano ready to burst if there should be the slightest hesitation to pay him his money.
Good morning,Mr. Maxley,said young Skinner.
Good morning,sir.
What can we do for you?
Oh,I'll wait my turn,sir.
Well,it is your turn now,if you like.
How much have you got of mine,if you please,sir?
Your balance.I'll see. Nine hundred and four pounds.
Well,sir,then,if you please,I'll draa that.
(It has come!thought Skinner.) What,going to desert us.he stammered.
No,said the other,trembling inwardly,but not moving a facial muscle: it is only for a day or two,sir.
Ah!I see,going to make a purchase. By-the-bye,I believe Mr. Hardie means to offer you some grounds he is buying outside the town: will that suit your book?
I dare say it will,sir.
Lunettes Oakley
Then perhaps you will wait till our governor comes in?
I have no objection.
He won't be long. Fine weather for the gardens,Mr. Maxley.
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