a treeat to see em."

"Aw can believe thi weel enuff; ther's net monny wimmen as hansome as
Mistress Swindle."

"Awm not tawkin abaat Mistress Swindle; tha knows better nor that, awd
like to know what ther is hansome abaat her? Shoo's noa style abaat her.
Shoo's a gurt brussen thing! But Swindle is a gooid-lukkin chap, an awm
sewer onnybody could ha mistakken him for a real gentleman. He'd a grand
suit o' clooas on, as hansome as onny man need wear at his wife's
funeral, an noa sign o' muck under his fingernails, an he'd a silk top
hat on at shane like a lukkin glass!"

"Why, what bi that? Aw've a silk top hat, but aw nivver wear it."

"Noa, an tha nivver will wear it, unless tha walks aght bi thisen! It
isn't fit to be seen at a hen race. Aw wodn't be seen walkin aght wi thi
wi sich a thing on thi heead. But aw meean thi to ha one an aw'll pay
for it aght o' mi own pocket, but aw'll goa wi' thi to buy it, for if
tha went bi thisen tha'd let em shove onny sooart ov a oldfashioned
thing onto thi, but they'll find they've a different body to deal wi
when awm thear."

"It's varry gooid o' thee, Mally, to offer to buy me a new hat, but aw
railly dooant want one. Yond hat o' mine is as gooid as new for aw
havn't had it on a duzzen times. Tha knows aw nivver wear it nobbut when
aw goa to th' chapel. It isn't aboon twelve month sin aw gave ten
shilling for it."

"It's soa much bigger shame for thi to tell it. It shows ha oft tha goes
to a place o' worship. A fine example tha sets to Jerrymier an th' rest
o' thi gron-childer. But awd have thee to know at tha'rt net as young as
tha used to be, an its abaat time tha wor thinkin o' thi latter end. Tha
may be deead an burried befoor long an tha owt to prepare."

"Why, tha sewerly doesn't meean to bury me in a silk hat?"

"Noa, aw dooant think awst ivver have th' luck to bury thi at all! But
aw want thi to begin an goa to th' chapel reglar, an let Mistress
Swindle see at her husband isn't th' only one at can turn aght like a
gentleman."

"Tha'll be like to pleeas thisen abaat it, but aw thowt it wor me tha
wor praad on an net mi hat."

"Tha gets some strange nooations into thi heead, Sammywell. If ther's
owt abaat thi for onny woman to be praad on awm sewer aw dooant know
whear it is. But as sooin as tha's finished thi pipe aw want thi to get
shaved, an put on thi best Sundy suit an goa wi me into Westgate an get
a new hat--one o'th best ther is i'th shop, if it taks all