SIXTH DAY. 165 



J. I already perceive that although to 

 a polished ear their speech is uncouth, it is 

 often significant and expressive. 



A^. Some of their phrases are to this 

 hour pure Saxon. There is one especially 

 which may be constantly heard even in 

 the streets of London. I allude to the car- 

 ter's command to his team, " ga ute ! *' 



J. I have heard it often. 



S. And so must thousands, daily, with- 

 out suspecting that Alfred and Beda could 

 not have uttered purer Saxon ! 



J. Indeed ! What is its literal signi- 

 fication ? 



S. Go out, or go outwards ! that is, 

 move away from the driver. In the Anglo- 

 Saxon Gospels our Lord^s command to La- 

 zarus in the tomb, is in these very words 

 " Lazarus, ga ute !" Again, at plough, they 

 say to the team, when, after turning, the 

 horses have fallen into the right line 

 u thereright," a word which occurs very 



