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"Amen," says I.' 'I like hoak,' said Mrs. Kemp. 'My poor 'usband 'e 'ad a hoak coffin. We did 'ave a job with 'im, I can tell yer. You know 'e 'ad dropsy, an' 'e swell up  oh, 'e did swell; 'is own mother wouldn't 'ave known 'im. AMEN SAYS I I LIKE HOCH SAYS MISSUS KEMP MY POOR HUSBAND HE HAD A HOKE COFFIN WE DID HAVE A JOB WITH HIM I CAN TELL YE YOU KNOW HE HAD DROPSY AND HE SWELL UP OH HE DID SWELL HIS I AND MOTHER WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN HIM
a deal of me, 'e does! Why, only the other dy as I was goin' inter 'is shop 'e says "Good mornin', Mrs. 'Odges." "Good mornin', Mr. Footley," says I. "You've jest come in the nick of time," says 'e. "This gentleman an' myself," pointin' to another gentleman as was standin' there, "we was 'avin' a bit of an argument. Now you're a very intelligent woman, Mrs. 'Odges, and a good customer too." "I can say thet for myself," say I, "I gives yer all the work I can." "I believe you," says 'e. "Well," 'e says, "now which do you think? Does hoak look better than helm, or does helm look better than hoak? Hoak _versus_ helm, thet's the question." "Well, Mr. Footley," says I, "for my own private opinion, when you've got a nice brass plite in the middle, an' nice brass 'andles each end, there's nothin' like hoak." "Quite right," says 'e, "thet's wot I think; for coffins give me hoak any day, an' I 'ope," says 'e, "when the Lord sees fit ter call me to 'Imself, I shall be put in a hoak coffin myself. E PLUMES YOU KNOW ALTHOUGH THEY IS A BIT EXTRA NEVER YOU FEAR MISSUS KEMP IT SHOULD BE DONE AS WELL AS IF IT WAS FOR MY OWN HUSBAND AND I CAN'T SAY MORE THAN THAT MISTER FOOTE THINKS A DEAL OF ME HE DOES WHY ONLY THE OTHER DAY AS I WAS GOING INTO HIS SHOP HE SAYS GOOD MORNING MISSUS ODGES GOOD MORNING MISTER FOOTLEY SAYS I YOU JUST COME IN THE NICK OF TIME SAYS HE THIS GENTLEMAN AND MYSELF POINTING TO ANOTHER GENTLEMAN AS WAS STANDING THERE MYSELF SAY I I GIVES YOU ALL THE WORK I CAN I BELIEVE YOU SAYS HE WELL HE SAYS NOW WHICH DO YOU THINK DOES OAK LOOK BETTER THAN HELM DOES HELM LOOK BETTER THAN HOPE OAK VERSE SAYS HELEN THAT'S THE QUESTION WELL MISSUS FOOTLEY SAYS I FOR MY OWN PRIVATE OPINION WHEN YOU'VE GOT A NICE BRASS PLATE IN THE MIDDLE AND NICE BRASS HANDLES EACH END THERE'S NOTHING LIKE LIKE HOPE QUITE RIGHT SAYS HE THAT'S WHAT I THINK FOR THE COFFINS GIVE ME THE HOOK ANY DAY AND I HOPE SAYS HE AND THE LORD SEES FIT TO CALL ME TO HIMSELF I SHOULD BE PUT IN A HOPE COFFIN MYSELF
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