I've read of such, but never seen it.

The Wife:

Look,

These were the dishes and the food he took.

The Showman:

Yes; those were they. What of it?

The Wife:

Did he eat?

The Showman:

Yes; bread and cheese; he would not touch the meat

The Wife:

But see, the cheese is whole, the loaf unbroken,

And both are fresh. And see, another token:[Pg 50] Those

[Pg 50]

hard green apples that the farmer gave

Have grown to these gold globes, like Blenheims brave;

And look, how came these plums of Pershore here?

The Showman:

We have been sitting with a saint, my dear.

The Wife.

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