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"To teach you to speak and write correctly, so that you can be

understood," said Mrs Garth, with severe precision "Should you like

to speak as old Job does?"

"Yes," said Ben, stoutly; "it's funnier He says, 'Yo goo'--that's

just as good as 'You go'"

"But he says, 'A ship's in the garden,' instead of 'a sheep,'" said

Letty, with an air of superiority "You htn't, if you weren't silly," said Ben "How could a ship

off the sea co only to pronunciation, which is the least part of

grammar," said Mrs Garth "That apple-peel is to be eaten by the

pigs, Ben; if you eat it, I ive them your piece of pasty Job

has only to speak about very plain things How do you think you would

write or speak about anything ra words, and put words in the

wrong places, and instead ofpeople understand you, they would

turn away from you as a tiresome person What would you do then?"

"I shouldn't care, I should leave off," said Ben, with a sense that

this was an agreeable issue where gra tired and stupid, Ben," said Mrs Garth,

accusto

Having finished her pies, she moved towards the clothes-horse, and

said, "Come here and tell me the story I told you on Wednesday, about

Cincinnatus"