I hate their noise . -RRB- There are four walls and a ceiling at my house . Come to me ! '' `` You kill your Crickets , eh ? '' said John . `` Scrunch 'em , sir , '' returned the other , setting his heel heavily on the floor . `` You 'll say you 'll come ? It 's as much your interest as mine , you know , that the women should persuade each other that they 're quiet and contented , and could n't be better off . I know their way . Whatever one woman says , another woman is determined to clinch always . There 's that spirit of emulation among 'em , sir , that if your wife says to my wife , ` I 'm the happiest woman in the world , and mine 's the best husband in the world , and I dote on him , ' my wife will say the same to yours , or more , and half believe it . '' `` Do you mean to say she do n't , then ? '' asked the Carrier . `` Do n't ! '' cried Tackleton with a short , sharp laugh . `` Do n't what ? '' The Carrier had some faint idea of adding , `` dote upon you . '' But , happening to meet the half-closed eye , as it twinkled upon him over the turned-up collar of the cape , which was within an ace of poking it out , he felt it such an unlikely part and parcel of anything to be doted on , that he substituted , `` that she do n't believe it ? '' `` Ah , you dog ! You 're joking , '' said Tackleton .
But the Carrier , though slow to understand the full drift of his meaning , eyed him in such a serious manner , that he was obliged XXXXX be a little more explanatory .
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