"--it was no
use, so she tried back and began again.

"You _are_ a man as _has_ seen a great deal of _diffleculency_,"
was what she said, but it didn't seem to satisfy her, so she
tried again, and after a number of trials she hit a happy medium
between "_dif_" and "_diffleculency_" and compromised on
"_difflety_," which useful addition to the language she took
occasion to repeat as often as possible with an air of decided
triumph.

"You _are_ a man as _has_ seen a great deal of difflety _and_
trouble--I would not go _to_ say you 'ave been through too much
difflety _and_ trouble, still you 'ave seen difflety _and_
trouble. If you had been a luckier man _in_ your past life you
_would_ not 'ave seen _so_ much difflety and trouble, still you
_'ave_ seen difflety _and_ trouble--I 'ope you will not see so
much difflety _and_ trouble _in_ the future--Life: you _will_ live
long; you will live _to_ be 69 years of _hage and will_ die of a
lingering disease--you _will_ be sick for a long time, and _will_
not suffer much difflety and trouble--sixty-nine years of _hage_
you _will_ live to be--Death: don't think _of_ death; that is
_too_ far hoff a you _to_ think of--but you _will_ die when you
_are_ 69 years of hage, and you _may_ 'ope to go right hup to
'eaven, for you _will_ 'ave no more difflety and trouble
then--Money: you _will_ 'ave money, and you _will_ 'ave plenty of
money, but you must not look for money until _you_ 'ave reached
your middle _hage_--a distant Hinglish relative of yours _will_
leave you money, but you _will_ 'ave difflety _and_ trouble in
getting it; do not hexpect _to_ get _this_ money without
difflety, no do not cherish _such_ a 'ope--hit _will_ be _in_ the
'ands of a man who wont hanswer your letters nor take notice of
your happlications, you _will_ 'ave _to_ cross the hocean
yourself; this money _will_ be a good deal of money _and_ will
make _you_ 'appy for the rest _of_ your days--Business: you _will_
thrive in business, you _will_ never be hunfortunate in business,
you _will_ 'ave luck in business, you will always _do_ a good
business, may hexpect to make money _by_ large speculations in
business; difflety _and_ trouble in business you _will_ not
know--Great Troubles: you need not hexpect to 'ave many great
troubles _for_ you will not; you 'ave 'ad your great troubles
_in_ your hearly days--Sickness: you _will_ never see no sickness,
'ave no fear of sickness for you _will_ not see none; sickness,