_) Pretty bit o' country along 'ere!--puts me in mind o' the
best part o' Box 'Ill--and I can't say more for it than _that_!
_Second T.T._ (_a little man with a sandy fringe and boiled-looking
eyes_). What I notice about the country abroad is they don't seem to
'ave no _landmarks_.
_First T.T._ (_with a dash of friendly contempt_). What d'yer mean--no
landmarks--_signposts_?
_Second T.T._ (_with dignity_). I mean to say, they don't 'ave nothing
to indicate which is JACK's property, and which is JOE's.
_First T.T._ Go on--they've as much as what _we_ 'ave.
_Second T.T._ _'Ave_ they? We 'ave fences and 'edges. I don't see none
_'ere_. P'raps you'll point me _out_ one?
_First T.T._ There's precious few 'edges or fences in the Isle o'
Thanet, as you'd know if you've ever been to Margit.
_Second T.T._ (_loftily_). I'm not talkin' about Margit now. I'm
talkin' of 'ere, and I'll trouble you to show me a landmark.
_First T.T._ Depend on it they've their own ways of knowing which is
'oo's.
_Second T.T._ That's not what I'm _sayin'_. I'm sayin' there ain't
nothing to _indicate_ it. [_They argue the point at length._]
_Podb._ (_to CULCHARD_). Then you really aren't cut up--about Miss T.
you know?
_Culch._ (_with the reserve of a man who only wants to be pressed_).
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