'So you admit, now, that it was a man?' said the hunchback wife.

"I haven't seen him in a week," said the hunchback steadily.

"Girl," said the hunchback indistinctly, and glanced guiltily over his shoulder.

"I am certain, madam," said the hunchback, "that he does not."

"Come in, boys," said the hunchback, "don't be afeard of nobody."

'So we conclude as well,' said the hunchback.

"Then let us make haste," said the hunchback, as she pointed to the chafing-dish.

"I conducted my father's business," said the hunchback, "for him, since he was ill.

"You will see," said the hunchback, jeering his friend.

"Then," said the hunchback, "you know they are valid, and transfer the title." He paused.

"But-beeasy, I hear him," said the hunchback, blushing.

"Weary, weary,-ay ,asa tom-foolat a holiday feast," said the hunchback to his companion.

"We shall all die,..." says the hunchback with a sigh, wiping his lips after coughing.

"Very good," said the hunchback; "and with pupils one may well tell tales out of school.

"Tell you in a minute," said the hunchback.

"That was my only chance," said the hunchback.