`` Niece ? '' said the Stranger . `` Wife ! '' roared John . `` Indeed ? '' observed the Stranger . `` Surely ? Very young ! '' He quietly turned over , and resumed his reading . But , before he could have read two lines , he again interrupted himself to say : `` Baby yours ? '' John gave him a gigantic nod : equivalent to an answer in the affirmative , delivered through a speaking trumpet . `` Girl ? '' `` Bo-o-oy ! '' roared John . `` Also very young , eh ? '' Mrs. Peerybingle instantly struck in . `` Two months and three da-ays . Vaccinated just six weeks ago-o ! Took very fine-ly ! Considered , by the doctor , a remarkably beautiful chi-ild !
Equal to the general run of children at five XXXXX o-ld !
Bo-o-oy John Peerybingle Took Wife chi-ild da-ays lines months weeks