I aint seen you since you was a little boy." "This don't look as if I was a little boy, aunt," said the young man, touching his luxuriant whiskers.
"How time passes, I do declare!" said Deborah.

"Well, come in, and we'll talk over old times.

Where did you come from ?" "From the city of New York.

That's where I've been living for some time." "You don't say! Well, what brings you this way ?" "To see you, Aunt Deborah.

It's so long since I've seen you that I thought I'd like to come." "I'm glad to see you, Ferdinand," said the old lady, flattered by such a degree of dutiful attention from a fine-looking young man.
"So your poor father's dead ?" "Yes, aunt, he's been dead three years." "I suppose he didn't leave much.