Well, brother, I don't deny that I may have said that I believe in dukkerin, and in Abershaw's dook, which you say is his soul; but what I believe one moment, or say I believe, don't be certain that I shall believe the next, or say I do." "Indeed, Jasper, I heard you say on a previous occasion, on quoting a piece of a song, that when a man dies he is cast into the earth, and there's an end of him." "I did, did I?
Lor' what a memory you have, brother.

But you are not sure that I hold that opinion now." "Certainly not, Jasper.

Indeed, after such a sermon as we have been hearing, I should be very shocked if you held such an opinion." "However, brother, don't be sure I do not, however shocking such an opinion may be to you." "What an incomprehensible people you are, Jasper." "We are rather so, brother; indeed, we have posed wiser heads than yours before now." "You seem to care for so little, and yet you rove about a distinct race." "I say, brother!" "Yes, Jasper." "What do you think of our women ?" "They have certainly very singular names, Jasper." "Names! Lavengro! However, brother, if you had been as fond of things as of names, you would never have been a pal of ours." "What do you mean, Jasper ?" "A'n't they rum animals ?" "They have tongues of their own, Jasper." "Did you ever feel their teeth and nails, brother ?" "Never, Jasper, save Mrs.Herne's.

I have always been very civil to them, so--" "They let you alone.

I say, brother, some part of the secret is in them." "They seem rather flighty, Jasper." "Ay, ay, brother!" "Rather fond of loose discourse!" "Rather so, brother." "Can you always trust them, Jasper ?" "We never watch them, brother." "Can they always trust you ?" "Not quite so well as we can them.