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Excerpt from We and Our Neighbors: Or the Records of an Unfashionable Street (Sequel to "My Wife and I") You don't say so! Said Miss Dorcas, her elder Sister, ?ying across the room to the window blinds, be hind which Mrs. Betsey sat discreetly ensconced with her knitting work. Where? Jack, get down, sir! This last remark was addressed to a rough-coated Dan die Dinmont terrier, who had been winking in a half doze on a cushion at Miss Dorcas's feet. On the first suggestion that there was something to be looked at across the street, Jack had ticked briskly across the room, and now stood on his hind legs on an Old em broidered chair, peering through the slats as industri ously as if his Opinion had been requested. Get down, sir! Persisted Miss Dorcas. But Jack only winked contumaciously at Mrs. Betsey, whom he justly consid ered in the light Of an ally, planted his toe nails more firmly in the embroidered chair-bottom, and stuck his nose further between the slats, while Mrs. Betsey took up for him, as he knew she would. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.