I were not i' th' best state, I'll own, for taking in what Hamper's friend had to say--I were so vexed at the way it were put to me;--but I thought, 'Come, I'll see what these chaps has got to say, and try if it's them or me as is th' noodle.' 
I were vexed, I'll own; but I thought, "Come, I'll see what these chaps has got to say, and try if it's them or me as is th' noodle." 