Haven't you seen it ?" "No, sir." "Oh, well, you have a look for it to-night.

It's worth seeing." "Yees, sir, I should like to see it.

It's got a tail, ain't it, sir ?" "Yes, a very fine tail." "Yees, sir, they said it 'ad a tail.

Where do you go to see it, sir ?" "Go! You don't want to go anywhere.

You'll see it in your own garden at ten o'clock." He thanked me, and, tumbling over a sack of potatoes, plunged head foremost into his punt and departed.
Next morning, I asked him if he had seen the comet.
"No, sir, I couldn't see it anywhere." "Did you look ?" "Yees, sir.