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.38 The Vicar os Wakefield.
upon her landlord's Repping in, and taking
a glass of her gooseherry. The whole family
ieemed earncR to please him: my girls at*
tempted to entertain him with topics they
thought moll modern, while Moles, on the
contrary, gave him a queRion or two from
the ancients, for which he had the satisfaclion
of heing laughed at: my little ones were no
lessbusy, and fondly Hack dole to the stranger.
All my endeavours could scarce keep their
dirty fingers from handling and tarnishing-
the lace on his cloaths, and lifting up the
slaps of his pocket holes, to see what was
there.' At the approach of evening he took
leave; but not till he had requeHed permislion
to renew his visit, which, as he was our land*
.lord, we moil readily agreed to.
As^soon as he was gone, my wife called
a council on the conduct of the day. She was
of opinion, that it was a moR fortunate hit;
for that she had known even siranger things
than that brought to bear. She hoped again
to see the day in which we might hold up our
heads with the belt of them; and concluded,
sire proteRed sire could see no reason why the
two Mils Wrinkiers should marry great fortu-
nes , and her children get none. ^ As this iaR
argument was direefed to me, I protesfed I
could see no reason for it neither, nor why
Mr. Simpkins got the ten thousand pound
prize in the lottery, and we sate down with
a blank. ,,1 proteR, Charles," cried my wife,
, tins is the way you always damp my girls
upon her landlord's Repping in, and taking
a glass of her gooseherry. The whole family
ieemed earncR to please him: my girls at*
tempted to entertain him with topics they
thought moll modern, while Moles, on the
contrary, gave him a queRion or two from
the ancients, for which he had the satisfaclion
of heing laughed at: my little ones were no
lessbusy, and fondly Hack dole to the stranger.
All my endeavours could scarce keep their
dirty fingers from handling and tarnishing-
the lace on his cloaths, and lifting up the
slaps of his pocket holes, to see what was
there.' At the approach of evening he took
leave; but not till he had requeHed permislion
to renew his visit, which, as he was our land*
.lord, we moil readily agreed to.
As^soon as he was gone, my wife called
a council on the conduct of the day. She was
of opinion, that it was a moR fortunate hit;
for that she had known even siranger things
than that brought to bear. She hoped again
to see the day in which we might hold up our
heads with the belt of them; and concluded,
sire proteRed sire could see no reason why the
two Mils Wrinkiers should marry great fortu-
nes , and her children get none. ^ As this iaR
argument was direefed to me, I protesfed I
could see no reason for it neither, nor why
Mr. Simpkins got the ten thousand pound
prize in the lottery, and we sate down with
a blank. ,,1 proteR, Charles," cried my wife,
, tins is the way you always damp my girls