If anything happens to me soon he'll be young enough to carry you for years yet.

And you'll win all the ladies' hackney prizes at the shows.' 'Oh! I couldn't take him.' 'But you must now.

I've promised him to you, and though I am a--well--an indifferent character, I never go back on my word.' 'Haven't you anything to give me, Captain ?' says Bella; 'you're in such a generous mind.' 'I must bring you something,' says he, 'next time we call.

What shall it be?
Now's the time to ask.

I'm like the fellow in the "Arabian Nights", the slave of the ring--your ring.' Here he took the girl's hand, and pretending to look at a ring she wore took it up and kissed it.