es--a fair swap!
And tug my forelock, like a lousy tinker;
And whine God bless the master of this house,
Likewise the mistress, too ... By gox, I've come
To charity--Jim Barrasford's come to mooch
For charity at Krindlesyke! Shanks's mare's
A sorry nag at best; and lets you down,
Sooner or later, for certain--the last straw,
When a man can't trust his feet, and his own legs
Give under him, in his need, and bring him down
A devasher in the ditch as the dogs are on him!
You're sorry? I don't know. How can I tell?
You're sly, you faggit; but don't get over Jim
With jookery-pawkry, Judith: I may be maiselt,
But I've a little rummelgumption left:
I still ken a bran from a brimmer--bless your heart!
It suits you to get rid of me; and you judge
It's cheaply done at the price of a pair of tackities.
Nay: I'll be taken here.

JUDITH:
You cannot stay.

JIM:
Do you take me for a cangling cadger, to haggle ...
Forgimety! I cannot ... God's truth, I dare not!
You've got me on the hop; and I must hirple;
But if I go, I will not go alone:
I've a mind to have a partner for this polka.

JUDITH:
Alone? And who do you think that ...

JIM:
Who but you?

JUDITH:
I!

JIM:
If I've got to take the road again,
You've got to pad it with me: for I'm tired
Of travelling lonesome: I've a mind to have
My doxy with me. By crikes! I'm fleyed to face
The road again, alone. You'll come ...

JUDITH:
I cannot.
How could I leave ...

JIM:
Then I'll be taken here:
You'll be to blame.

JUDITH:
But, Jim, how could I leave ...

JIM:
The sooner it's over, the better I'll be pleased.

JUDITH:
You mustn't stop: and yet, I cannot go.
How could I leave the bairn?

JIM:
The brat's asleep.

JUDITH:
It won't sleep long.

JIM:
Its mammy'll soon be home.

JUDITH:
Not for three hours, at earliest.

JIM:
Then I'll wait
Till then: they can't be on my track so soon:
And when its dad and mammy come back ...

JUDITH:
Nay, nay:
They mustn't find you here.

JIM:
Judith, you're right:
For they might blab. I'd best be hooking it.
I'll go: but, mind, you're not yet shot of me.

(_As he is speaking, BELL HAGGARD appears in the doorway, and stands,