[The Romany Rye by George Borrow]@TWC D-Link bookThe Romany Rye CHAPTER XI 8/11
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." "I won't hear my husband abused, brother; so you had better say no more." "Why, is he not the Lazarus of the gypsies? has he a penny of his own, Ursula ?" "Then the more his want, brother, of a clever chi like me to take care of him and his childer.
I tell you what, brother, I will chore, if necessary, and tell dukkerin for Sylvester, if even so heavy as scarcely to be able to stand.
You call him lazy; you would not think him lazy if you were in a ring with him; he is a proper man with his hands: Jasper is going to back him for twenty pounds against Slammocks of the Chong gav, the brother of Roarer and Bell-metal; he says he has no doubt that he will win." "Well, if you like him, I, of course, can have no objection.
Have you been long married ?" "About a fortnight, brother; that dinner, the other day, when I sang the song, was given in celebration of the wedding." "Were you married in a church, Ursula ?" "We were not, brother; none but gorgios, cripples, and lubbenys are ever married in a church: we took each other's words.
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