? ? ? ? "Did you ever see the king?"
? ? ? ? "Who? William Fourth? Well, I bet I have- he goes to our church." I knowed he was dead years ago, but I never let on. So when I says he goes to our church, she says:
? ? ? ? "What- regular?"
? ? ? ? "Yes- regular. His pew's right over opposite ourn- on t'other side the pulpit."
? ? ? ? "I thought he lived in London?"
? ? ? ? "Well, he does. Where would he live?"
? ? ? ? "But I thought you lived in Sheffield?"
? ? ? ? I see I was up a stump. I had to let on to get choked with a chicken bone, so as to get time to think how to get down again. Then I says:
? ? ? ? "I mean he goes to our church regular when he's in Sheffield. That's only in the summer-time, when he comes there to take the sea baths."
? ? ? ? "Why, how you talk- Sheffield ain't on the sea."
? ? ? ? "Well, who said it was?"
? ? ? ? "Why, you did."
? ? ? ? "I didn't, nuther.
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