_Second Y.P._ But I thought you told me CHORLEY 'AWKINS never took no
notice of you?
_First Y.P._ No more he does--but p'raps this 'ud _make_ him!
_A Young Woman_ (_who has fallen out with her fiancé_). They ain't
_arf_ Valentines this year, I wish I could come across one with 'orns
and a tail!
_Elder Sister_ (_to small Brother--in a moral tone_). _Now_, JIMMY,
you see what comes o' Book-learnin'. If you 'adn't gone to the Board
School so regular, you wouldn't ha' been able to read all the potry on
the Valentines like you can now, _would_ yer now?
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