All the parish like 'ee: and I've never been so cheerful, since my poor husband left me to wear his wings, as I've been with 'ee as my lodger.' The schoolmistress assured her landlady that she could return the sentiment.

'But here comes my perplexity,' she said.

'I don't like keeping school.

Ah, you are surprised--you didn't suspect it.

That's because I've concealed my feeling.