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^^tsi sfr^ t%T i 
your girl Las been marri- 
ed, and you never asked 
me (to the wedding). 
Have you sent for your 
eldest daughter this 5 
year ? Wouldn’t it be 
well if I too had seen her. 
As they say, “There’s 
something pleasant in 
seeing with your eyes, 10 
who’s dead, and who’s 
alive.” 
A. — Look here, gossip B, since 
when has my eldest girl 
come (i. e., she has been 15 
here for long) P This 
woman (C) is only talk- 
ing here. How often have 
I sent for her (C) ! but 
she hasn’t come, not a 20 
bit of her. Poor D, here, 
came for her twice. 
0. — What could I do, gossip, 
I was too busy to come. 
I’ll come to-morrow even- 25 
ing. It’s now time (to 
eat). There is a pond 
close by here, let us all 
bathe and eat our snacks. 
B. — Tes, I too am hungry, 30 
but I bathed (before 
starting) . Fetch the cold 
food. Give a pinch of 
salt, for plain cold food 
isn’t nice. Have a little 35 
salt, A. 
A. — Yes, give me a little. 
There are clouds about 
to-day, and one feels quite 
cold. I am very fond of 
B, and will give my 
daughter to his son. 
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