A deacon now! Ay, once I knew Rob Snow--
A jolly blade, if ever any was,
And merry as the full moon.


THE BOY.

He has failed
A good deal now, though, since his wife died.


JERRY.

What!
(Of course; of course; all's changed.) He married!


THE BOY.

Why,
How long you must have been away! For since
I can remember he has had a wife
And children. She was Gran'ther Hungerford's--


JERRY.

Her name was Ruth?