Chapter 28

‘I mun find another, I reckon, but I shanna better poor Minnie. When your time comes to choose, Bob, take care you dunna go for a gallus eye and a flaming cheek and a white bosom. Watch ’er, my lad. Watch ’er for a tuthree week, a tuthree month. See ‘er on a Monday at the wash-tub. See ‘er with a chyild. Harken at ‘er chaffering at market. Drum ‘er up early in the morning and see if she flies into a tantrum. If she does—go wi’out ‘er.’ Robert, standing beside the shrouded figure of the perfect wife, saw, conjured b…