life; I don't want to lay nothin' _on_ your head, I only
want to put somethin' _in_ it. I am a father and have
got youngsters. I am a native, and have got countrymen.
Enlarge our sphere, give us a chance in the world.' 'Let
me out,' he'll say, 'this minute, Sir, or I'll put you
in charge of a policeman.' 'Let you out is it,' sais you.
'Oh! you feel bein' pent up, do you? I am glad of it.
The tables are turned now, that's what we complain of.
You've stood at the door, and kept us in; now I'll keep
you in awhile. I want to talk to you, that's more than
you ever did to us. How do you like bein' shut in? Does
it feel good? Does it make your dander rise?' 'Let me
out,' he'll say agin, 'this moment, Sir, how dare you.'
Oh! you are in a hurry, are you?' sais you. 'You've kept
me in all my life; don't be oneasy if I keep you in five
minutes.'

"'Well, what do you want then?' he'll say, kinder peevish;
'what do you want?' 'I don't want nothin' for myself,'
sais you. 'I've got all I can get in that pond; and I
got that from the Whigs, fellers I've been abusin' all
my life; and I'm glad to make amends by acknowledging
this good turn they did me; for I am a tory, and no
mistake. I don't want nothin'; but I want to be an
_Englishman_. I don't want to be an English _subject_;
do you understand that now? If you don't, this is the
meanin', that there is no fun in bein' a fag, if you are
never to have a fag yourself. Give us all fair play.
Don't move now,' sais you, 'for I'm gettin' warm; I'm
gettin' spotty on the back, my bristles is up, and I