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- Married? Ay, every man of them.
- But the one that is worst off of all is the cook;
- black famine is ever at home in his house.
PEER
- Married? They've folks that await them at home?
- Folks to be glad when they come? Eh?
THE CAPTAIN
- Of course,
- in poor people's fashion.
PEER
- And come they one evening,
- what then?
THE CAPTAIN
- Why, I daresay the goodwife will fetch
- something good for a treat-
PEER
- And a light in the sconce?
THE CAPTAIN
- Ay, ay, may be two; and a dram to their supper.
PEER
- And there they sit snug! There's a fire on the hearth!
- They've their children about them! The room's full of chatter;
- not one hears another right out to an end,
- for the joy that is on them-!
THE CAPTA
