crabtree.why one evening at mrs.ponto's assembly--the conversation happened to turn on the difficulty of breeding nova-scotia sheep in this country--says a young lady in company[, "]i have known instances of it[--]for miss letitia shepherd, a first cousin of mine, had a nova-scotia sheep that produced her twins.["--"]what!["] cries the old dowager lady dundizzy (who you know is as deaf as a post), ["]has miss letitia shepherd had twins["]--this mistake--as you may imagine, threw the whole company into a fit of laughing--however 'twas the next morning everywhere reported and in a few days believed by the whole town, that miss letitia shepherd had actually been brought to bed of a fine boy and girl--and in less than a week there were people who could name the father, and the farm house where the babies were put out to nurse.
lady sneerwell.strange indeed!
crabtree.matter of fact, i assure you--o lud! mr.surface pray is it true that your uncle sir oliver is coming home--surface.not that i know of indeed sir.
crabtree.he has been in the east indies a long time--you can scarcely remember him--i believe--sad comfort on his arrival to hear how your brother has gone on!
surface.charles has been imprudent sir to be sure[;] but i hope no busy people have already prejudiced sir oliver against him--he may reform--
sir benjamin.to be sure he may--for my part i never believed him to be so utterly void of principle as people say--and tho'