CHAPTER XXVII.
"People don't dress for dinner in Homeville, as a rule, then," John said, smiling.
"No," said Mr.Harum, "when they dress fer breakfust that does 'em fer all three meals.

I've wore them things two three times when I've ben down to the city, but I never had 'em on but once up here." "No ?" said John.
"No," said David, "I put 'em on _once_ to show to Polly how city folks dressed--he, he, he, he!--an' when I come into the room she set forwud on her chair an' stared at me over her specs.

'What on airth!' she says.
"'I bought these clo'es,' I says, 'to wear when bein' ent'tained by the fust fam'lies.

How do I look ?' I says.
"'Turn 'round,' she says.

'You look f'm behind,' she says, 'like a red-headed snappin' bug, an' in front,' she says, as I turned agin, 'like a reg'lar slinkum.