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The Vicar of Wakeheld. 22g
,,Ah,Sir," cried my wife, with a pite^
ous alped, ,,how is it poshble that I can ever
„ have your forgiveuess; the slights you recei-
,, ved from me the lasf time I had the honour
,, of seeing you at our house, and the jokes
,, which! audaciously threw out, these jokes,
„ Sir , I fear, can never be forgiven/*
„ My dear good lady/' returned he with
a smile, „if you had vour joke, I had my
,, ansiver: I'll leave it to all the company is
mine were not as good as yours. To say
,, the truth, I know no body whom I am dib
,, posed to be angry with at prcsent but the
,, fellow who so frighted mv little girl here.
„ I had not even time to examine the rascai's
„ person id as to dcfcribe him in an adverti-
„ sement. Can you tell me, Sophia, my
,, dear, whether you should know him
„ again?"
,, Indeed, Sir," replied she, „I can't be
,, politive; yet now I recoiled: he had a lar^
„ ge mark over one of his eye-brows, i alk
s, pardon, madam," interrupted jenkinson,
who was by, ,,but be so good as to insorm me
,, is the fellow wore his own red hair?"—
,) Yes, I think so," cried Sophia.— ,,And
,, did your honour," continued he, turning
to Sir William, „observe the length of his
„ legs?"— „ I can't be sure of their length,"
cried the Baronet, „but i am convinced of
3, their swiftness; for he out-ran me, which
„ is what I thought few men in the kingdom
„ could bavedone."— ,,pleaseyour honour,"
cried jeukinson, „I know the man: it is cer.
P 3 3) tainiy
,,Ah,Sir," cried my wife, with a pite^
ous alped, ,,how is it poshble that I can ever
„ have your forgiveuess; the slights you recei-
,, ved from me the lasf time I had the honour
,, of seeing you at our house, and the jokes
,, which! audaciously threw out, these jokes,
„ Sir , I fear, can never be forgiven/*
„ My dear good lady/' returned he with
a smile, „if you had vour joke, I had my
,, ansiver: I'll leave it to all the company is
mine were not as good as yours. To say
,, the truth, I know no body whom I am dib
,, posed to be angry with at prcsent but the
,, fellow who so frighted mv little girl here.
„ I had not even time to examine the rascai's
„ person id as to dcfcribe him in an adverti-
„ sement. Can you tell me, Sophia, my
,, dear, whether you should know him
„ again?"
,, Indeed, Sir," replied she, „I can't be
,, politive; yet now I recoiled: he had a lar^
„ ge mark over one of his eye-brows, i alk
s, pardon, madam," interrupted jenkinson,
who was by, ,,but be so good as to insorm me
,, is the fellow wore his own red hair?"—
,) Yes, I think so," cried Sophia.— ,,And
,, did your honour," continued he, turning
to Sir William, „observe the length of his
„ legs?"— „ I can't be sure of their length,"
cried the Baronet, „but i am convinced of
3, their swiftness; for he out-ran me, which
„ is what I thought few men in the kingdom
„ could bavedone."— ,,pleaseyour honour,"
cried jeukinson, „I know the man: it is cer.
P 3 3) tainiy