SIXTH DAY. 165 



J. I already perceive that although to 

 a polished ear their speech is uncouth, it is 

 often significant and expressive. 



S. 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 ! nn 



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 

 " thereright," a word which occurs very 



