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" Oh ! trust me for that : if you'd spare me the val'e 

 of a half-hour's walk through those Swedes again (I 

 should like to see how the dibbed ones get on), I 

 think I can take all you'll give, and ask for more 

 after." 



" Oh, you 're most welcome to see the Swedes : 

 you '11 come round to the dibbing, depend on it, and 

 when we 've done there" 



" I shall come round to something else ! Ah ! that 's 

 capital ! No, no, no !" said Mr. Greening, laughing 

 and suddenly bending his pony's shaggy neck with a 

 jerk of both reins towards the street that led into 

 the cattle fair, for they had reached the town, and the 

 turn brought the colloquy to an end. " Well, I shall 

 keep you to your promise, Sir, howsomever. Please 

 to look out for a trespasser on Monday morning! you'll 

 be most like to catch me early. I hav 'nt forgot your 

 words last autumn about the matty what was it 

 the mattytynial hours." 



"You'll be my fast prisoner to luncheon-time. 

 Well, good day, Greening, and a good Fair !"- Ah ! 

 those ( matutinal hours !' I repeated to myself, as Mr. 

 Greening's good-natured face nodded away, and the 

 ash stick and the well-worn spur, and the click, click, 

 click, of the hind hoof were lost up the street, towards 



