“Aw’ve bowt this galloway an little carriage soas aw can drive thi aght whenivver th’ weather’s fine.”

“Whativver wrangheeaded trick will ta be guilty on next!”

“Why, tha wor grummelin abaat net bein able to get aght o’ door, an aw bethowt me at old Swindle had this for sale, soa aw’ve bowt it.”

“An nicely he’s swindled thee aw’ve noa daat.  But are ta sewer it is a galloway?  Becoss aw wodn’t believe what he says if he went onto his bended knees.”

“Well, what does ta think it is?  Tha can see at it’s nawther a elefant nor a camel.”

“Well, lad,—­it may be all reight, but aw should want somdy else to say soa.  It luks varry poorly aw think, luk ha white it is ith’ face.”

“That’s th’ color on it.  It ails nowt an tha’ll say soa when aw drive thi aght ith’ mornin.”

“Thee drive me aght, does ta say?  Nay, lad, aw’ve moor respect for misen nor that!  What does ta think awr Hepsabah an th’ naybors wod say.  But it’ll do for Jerrymier.  But whear are ta baan to put it?”

“Aw’ve getten a place to keep it, an if awther Jerrymier or his mother dar to mell on it, they’ll know abaat it.”

“Tha need’nt freeat,—­ther’ll nubdy be ovver anxious to mell ov a thing like that.  If tha’d bowt a donkey an cart an started hawkin cockles and muscles or else leadin coils ther mud ha been some sense in it.  But tak it away an come in an get thi drinkin an dooant stand thear lukkin as gawmless as that article.  Off tha gooas an tak it wi thi, an if it lives wol mornin tha can show it to Jerrymier an ax him whether it is a galloway or net.  It luks as if it had coom aght o’ Noah’s Ark, tho if awed been Noah aw should ha let that thing have a swim for it.”

“Tha’rt th’ mooast provokin, dissatisfied, ungrateful woman aw ivver met!  Awm in a gooid mind to drive away an nivver coom back!”

“If tha depends on that whiteweshed umberella-stand tha wodn’t be far to seek.  But tha’d better hand me that bankbook, for fear tha should leet o’ onny moor curosities, an we’re nooan gooin to goa into th’ show trade.  Nah away wi thi.”

Grimes drove off an Mally went into th’ haase.

“What a silly owd maddlin he is.  Just to think at he should goa an wear all that brass o’ me.  Awr Hepsabah ’ll be fair ranty.  But then it’s his own brass an he’s a reight to spend it as he thinks fit, an aw know ther isn’t another body ith’ world but me at he’d ha bowt it for.  Aw think aw nivver saw a bonnier little thing, but it’ll be time enuff to tell him soa when he’s cooild daan a bit.  Aw have to keep him daan a bit or else he’d sooin be too big for his booits.  That’s his fooit.  When he’s had a cup o’ this teah, an had theas muffins (aw bowt em a purpose for him) he’ll leet his pipe an sattle daan, an aw can sooin bring him raand if he’s as mad as a wasp.  Aw’st nivver be able to sleep to-neet for thinkin abaat yon’d pony an th’ drive aght ith’ mornin.”