'I am rather so.' 'You are such a comfortable man, you see,' said Minnie.

'You take things so easy.' 'No use taking 'em otherwise, my dear,' said Mr.Omer.
'No, indeed,' returned his daughter.

'We are all pretty gay here, thank Heaven! Ain't we, father ?' 'I hope so, my dear,' said Mr.Omer.

'As I have got my breath now, I think I'll measure this young scholar.

Would you walk into the shop, Master Copperfield ?' I preceded Mr.Omer, in compliance with his request; and after showing me a roll of cloth which he said was extra super, and too good mourning for anything short of parents, he took my various dimensions, and put them down in a book.