it generally took breath for a few minutes (as in the affair of the breeches), and then went on again.
If he marries, ’twill be the worse for us,—quoth my mother.
Not a cherrystone, said my father,—he may as well batter away his means upon that, as anything else.
⸺To be sure, said my mother: so here ended the proposition,—the reply,—and the rejoinder, I told you of.
It will be some amusement to him, too,⸺said my father.
A very great one, answered my mother, if he should have children.⸺
⸺Lord have mercy upon me,—said my father to himself⸺ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *