First Y.P. No more he does—­but p’raps this ’ud make him!

A Young Woman (who has fallen out with her fiance).  They ain’t arf Valentines this year, I wish I could come across one with ’orns and a tail!

Elder Sister (to small Brother—­in a moral tone). Now, JIMMY, you see what comes o’ Book-learnin’.  If you ’adn’t gone to the Board School so regular, you wouldn’t ha’ been able to read all the potry on the Valentines like you can now, would yer now?

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