Well! when Jeremiah said that, he put me up more than ever, and I says, 'My first thoughts, second thoughts, and third thoughts is all one and the same; you've but tempted me once, and that was when you spoke of your pig.

But of yoursel' you're nothing to boast on, and so I'll bid you good night, and I'll keep my manners, or else, if I told the truth, I should say it had been a great loss of time listening to you.

But I'll be civil--so good night.' He never said a word, but went off as black as thunder, slamming the door after him.

The master called me in to prayers, but I can't say I could put my mind to them, for my heart was beating so.
However, it was a comfort to have had an offer of holy matrimony; and though it flustered me, it made me think more of myself.

In the night, I began to wonder if I'd not been cruel and hard to him.