'I never heard the name before.' Bumble shook his head, as he replied, 'Obstinate people, Mr.
Sowerberry; very obstinate.

Proud, too, I'm afraid, sir.' 'Proud, eh ?' exclaimed Mr.Sowerberry with a sneer.

'Come, that's too much.' 'Oh, it's sickening,' replied the beadle.

'Antimonial, Mr.Sowerberry!' 'So it is,' acquiesced the undertaker.
'We only heard of the family the night before last,' said the beadle; 'and we shouldn't have known anything about them, then, only a woman who lodges in the same house made an application to the porochial committee for them to send the porochial surgeon to see a woman as was very bad.

He had gone out to dinner; but his 'prentice (which is a very clever lad) sent 'em some medicine in a blacking-bottle, offhand.' 'Ah, there's promptness,' said the undertaker.
'Promptness, indeed!' replied the beadle.