'I thought he was in state's prison,' says he.

'What do you mean ?' says I.

And then he told me.

'By godfreys,' says I, 'if you can fix it so's I can prove that's true I'll give you the biggest order you ever got in this store.' ''Twon't be any trouble to prove it,' says he.

'All you've got to do is look up his record in Middleford.' And I've looked it up.