With that he took a pair of spectacles from one of his large pockets , and a book from another , and leisurely began to read . Making no more of Boxer than if he had been a house lamb ! The Carrier and his wife exchanged a look of perplexity . The Stranger raised his head ; and , glancing from the latter to the former , said : `` Your daughter , my good friend ? '' `` Wife , '' returned John . `` 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 XXXXX .
Bo-o-oy Boxer John With before from in of through to