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"Well, I am surprised to see you at the market this morning, Silas Lynn," said Molly Maloney, who had come to stock her basket with fresh flowers, and who came across Lynn standing moodily by one of the stalls. "Why, ain't this yer wedding-day? -- but glory be to heaven, man, how blue you looks! Where's Jill? Is anything wrong with the bit of a colleen?"
"No," said Lynn, "there's nothing wrong with Jill; she's comin' down to me presently, and there'll be a weddin' sure enough, don't you make no mistake on that pint, Mrs Maloney; but I'm standing here a-looking out for a young chap o' the name o' Carter. Do you happen to know, ma'am, ef he's come to the market yet?"