----And 'twill be lucky, if that's the worst on't, added my father.
It will be very lucky, answered my mother.
I suppose, replied my father, --making some pause first, --he'll be exactly like other people's children.----
Exactly, said my mother.------
----Though I shall be sorry for that, added my father: and so the debate stopp'd again.
----They should be of leather, said my father, turning him about again.--
They will last him, said my mother, the longest.
But he can have no linings to 'em, replied my father.------
He cannot, said my mother.
'Twere better to have them of fustian, quoth my father.

'And 'twill be lucky if that's the worst of it,' added my father.
'It will be very lucky,' answered my mother.
'I suppose,' replied my father, 'he'll be exactly like other people's children.'
'Exactly,' said my mother.
'Though I shall be sorry for that,' added my father: and the debate stopped again.
'They should be of leather,' said my father, turning around.
'They will last him longer,' said my mother.
'But he can have no linings to 'em,' replied my father.
'He cannot,' said my mother.
''Twere better to have them of fustian,' quoth my father.
