" "You don't think Jack has been run over!" "Who knows?" said Rachel, gloomily.

"I'm only thirty-nine," said Rachel, sharply.

"I am not fond of anything," said Rachel, mournfully.

echoed Rachel, dolefully.

"I don't see anything so very fortunate in being engaged as a porter," said Rachel, lugubriously.

"So, Rachel, you conclude that one or the other of these calamities is the inevitable lot of all who are engaged in this business?" "You may laugh now, but it is always well to be prepared for the worst," said Rachel, oracularly.

" "No, he won't," said Rachel, positively.

"I don't believe a word of it," said Rachel, resolutely.

"Have you?" "I!" repeated Rachel, scornfully.

" "We may as well be prepared for the worst," said Rachel, severely.

"I hear him," said Rachel, dismally.

" "Some villain has done this," said Rachel, wrathfully.

"Who went and did it, then?" "I don't know, but I'd like to have him punished for it," said Rachel, energetically.

" "This is a vale of tears," said Rachel, hysterically.

Hundreds of 'em," said Rachel, rather indefinitely.