"It's my belief, Peggy, my dear," said he, as he placidly pulled his nightcap over his ears, "that there will be such a ball danced in a day or two as some of 'em has never heard the chune of"; and he was much more happy to retire to rest after partaking of a quiet tumbler, than to figure at any other sort of amusement. 
"It's my belief, Peggy, my dear," said he, as he placidly pulled on his nightcap, "that there will be such a ball danced in a day or two as some of 'em has never seen. 