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Then turning to the child, she thus attempted to give him the cue.
'O, ho! bother--'
'Now, then! time's hup!' again shouted Jogglebury into the passage.
'O dear, Mr. Jogglebury, will you hold your stoopid tongue!' exclaimed she,
adding, 'you certainly are the most tiresome man under the sun.' She then
turned to the child with:
'O ho! bother Ichard' again.
But the child was mute, and Mr. Sponge fearing, from some indistinct
growling that proceeded from the carriage, that a storm was brewing,
endeavoured to cut short the entertainment by exclaiming:
'Wonderful two-year-old! Pity he's not in the Darby. Dare say he'll tell me
the rest when I come back.'
But this only added fuel to the fire of Mrs. Jogglebury's ardour, and made
her more anxious that Sponge should not lose a word of it. Accordingly she
gave the fat dumpling another jerk up on her arm, and repeated:
'O ho! bother Ichard, the--What's very high?' asked Mrs. Jogglebury
coaxingly.
'Sun's very high,'
replied the child.
'Yes, my darling!' exclaimed the delighted mamma.


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