We had a fat, foolish scullion--my father, I think, kept her for her simplicity; --she had been all autumn struggling with a dropsy. --He is dead, said _Obadiah_, --he is certainly dead! --So am not I, said the foolish scullion.

We had a fat, foolish scullery-maid who had been all autumn struggling with a dropsy.
'He is dead!' said Obadiah.
'So am not I,' said the foolish scullery-maid.
