But I wasn't always so fat I 'ad ter squeeze through the door, an' I tell yer the best things in life are them yer can't see at all, an' that's the feelin's.

So take a fool's advice, an' don't think of marryin' till yer feel there's somethin' wrong wi' yer inside, fer that's w'ere it ketches yer." "'Ere, 'old 'ard! Can't a bloke git a word in edgeways ?" Mrs Yabsley stopped, with an odd smile on her face.
Jonah stared at her with a perplexed frown, and then the words came in a rush.
"Look 'ere, missis, I wasn't goin' ter let on, but since yer on fer a straight talk, I tell yer there's more in me than yer think, an' if it's up ter me ter git married, I can do it without gittin' roused on by yous." "Keep yer 'air on, Joe," said Mrs Yabsley, smiling.

"I didn't mean ter nark yer, but yer know wot I say is true.

An' don't say I ever put it inter yer 'ead ter git married.

You've studied the matter, an' yer know it means 'ard graft an' plenty of worry.