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did not know her. Taking a shilling out of her purse she gave it to 

 him, observing : " You are a very good boy," and added, laughing, 

 " I am sure you were not born at D." (the name of the principal 

 village on the estate). But to the donor's horror the youngster, 

 grasping his hat firmly in one fist and the shilling in the other, with 

 a fiery glare of indignation in his fat face and flashing eye, replied, 

 " Thou be'st a loyar (Har), I wor." 



Verbum sap. All rustics are not so ill behaved as the one above 

 mentioned. But as very few of them will go far out of their road to 

 assist a stranger, it is as well that ladies riding in remote country 

 parts should be attended by a gentleman ; and I repeat, for all 

 purposes of instruction, the attendance of a man will be found far 

 more efficient than that of a lady. 



