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"Why stone the crows! " 'e sez. "I like 'er style, / But alwiz, some'ow, women 'ave appeared / Set fer to 'old me orf a 'arf a mile. / I dunno wot's agin me: p'raps me beard. / But, some'ow, when I speak 'em soft they run. / I ain't no ladies' man," sez Danny Dunn.
"I like 'er style," 'e sez. "Wot's 'er name? Rose. / The neatest filly that I ever see. / She'd run in double splendid. But I s'pose, / She'd never 'arness with the likes uv me. / Wot age you tell me? Risin' twenty-nine? / Well, stone the flamin' crows! She'd do me fine.