You say I am mistaken; p'raps I am, I hope I be, and a stranger may get hold of the wrong eend of a thing sometimes, that's a fact.

But I don't think I be wrong, or else the papers don't tell the truth; and I read it in all the jarnals; I did, upon my soul.

Why man, it's history now, if such nasty mean doins is worth puttin' into a book.
"What makes this Spy System to England wuss, is that these eaves-droppers are obliged to hear all that's said, or lose what commission they hold; at least so folks tell me.

I recollect when I was there last, for it's some years since Government first sot up the Spy System; there was a great feed given to a Mr.Robe, or Robie, or some such name, an out and out Tory.

Well, sunthin' or another was said over their cups, that might as well have been let alone, I do suppose, tho' dear me, what is the use of wine but to onloosen the tongue, and what is the use of the tongue, but to talk.