‘a block of wood forms a table, and this is the only furniture; many dispense with that. The bedding, which is laid on the ground, serves to sit upon. Tin plates and pannikins… compose the tea service.’

The rubbish is collected every Thursday in Gloucester, but on Wednesdays in Cheltenham.

I was thinkin' it over, Stutter, all the way hoofin' it out yere, he said, chewing continually on his tobacco, "but sorter reckoned ez how yer ought ter see the writin' furst, considerin' ez how you're a full partner in this yere claim.

[…] things unserviceable in one way, may with advantage be applied in another, that is, if one have genius enough for the purpose.