He said his second best was plenty good to be buried in . That 's another fact . '' `` I ca n't stand much more of this , '' wailed Felicity . `` See here , Miss Bowen , you really ought n't to talk like that about people , '' expostulated Peter in a low tone , goaded thereto , despite his awe of Peg , by Felicity 's anguish . `` Bless you , boy , '' said Peg good-humouredly , `` the only difference between me and other folks is that I say these things out loud and they just think them . If I told yez all the things I know about the people in this congregation you 'd be amazed . Have a peppermint ? '' To our horror Peg produced a handful of peppermint lozenges from the pocket of her skirt and offered us one each . We did not dare refuse but we each held our lozenge very gingerly in our hands . `` Eat them , '' commanded Peg rather fiercely . `` Mother does n't allow us to eat candy in church , '' faltered Felicity . `` Well , I 've seen just as fine ladies as your ma give their children lozenges in church , '' said Peg loftily . She put a peppermint in her own mouth and sucked it with gusto . We were relieved , for she did not talk during the process ; but our relief was of short duration . A bevy of three very smartly dressed young ladies , sweeping past our pew , started Peg off again . `` Yez need n't be so stuck up , '' she said , loudly and derisively . `` Yez was all of yez rocked in a flour barrel . And there 's old Henry Frewen , still above ground . I called my parrot after him because their noses were exactly alike . Look at Caroline Marr , will yez ?
That 's a woman who 'd like pretty well to get married , And there 's Alexander XXXXX .
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