She's a widder lady with a nice little 'ouse at Bow, and plenty to live on-her 'usband having been a builder.

" Before they'd finished the Prettys 'ad picked that 'ouse as clean as a bone, and Joe Clark 'ad to go and get clean straw for his wife and children to sleep on; not that Mrs. Clark 'ad any sleep that night, nor Joe neither.

Ye see, Sir, there's just seven licensed 'ouses i' the village.

The nearest 'ouse is arf a mile off, as I said, and her servant is staying till to-morrow at 'er mother's, ten miles away.

If Bill can't find us an Island, maybe 'e can show us a respectable 'ouse, where they make their cawfee strongan' not the 'ouse where 'e slept last night, if it's all the same to 'im." They found a small but decent tavern"The Wharfingers' Arms, Shipping Gazette daily"and breakfasted on coffee and boiled eggs.