Sewing

Amidst an apocalyptic virus, Alona Lim had always been fond of blood and needles. She's considered to be a one in a million genius young doctor. However, she made a decision that had endangered humanity's only hope for survival—risking the last prototype vial on her best friend Harold. Being the risk taker that she was, Alona took even the slimmest chance of her best friend's survival despite the consequences it bear, only to wake up anew in another body. Alona, who was now named as Vera, swore she'll never get involved with medicine ever again and will enjoy her new life with much more action instead of grinding herbs and learning anatomies. But, seeing how these new people have terrible medical services, much less hygiene, had been sending her wits to the edge. Living in a patriarchal kingdom was already stressful as it was, but seeing how years of unbrushed teeth smooch, months of unshowered people shamelessly walk around, cooking ingredients from rat-infested food storage, and everything that checks off of the bucket list on how to spread a plague fast makes her OCD screech the shit out of her system. Medicine was easy, however, there were also different kinds of people who were fond of blood and needles—the "demonic" witches. Being born as a noble lady, the only reason they must get involved with needles are sewing and embroidery. Medical practitioners are only for the men, the "only logical beings." Witchcraft was a big taboo and considered as demonic practice that were associated with women who disobeys their father or husband. Once discovered that one practices witchcraft awaits nothing but grave punishments. But it does not help much when she's straight-up wayward with a calloused heart. As much as Alona shows potential as a medicine practitioner, she had to keep her male disguise, if not, more and more people will rise suspicion with her erudition to heal.

Yuanxi had a wonderful dream, but after waking up with great excitement, he realized it was actually a real-life situation with guns and ammunition. Confused and startled, he quickly fled. Who would have thought that he, a grown man, would suddenly have a son? The problem is, who is the child's father? It was too dark, and he couldn't see clearly! Also, what is this life system that is bound to him? There's a long list of skills, including farming, animal husbandry, gathering, cooking, construction, skinning, sewing, and casting... It goes on and on without an end in sight. Wait a minute... What is that "room technique" in the middle?

Yun Ling was invited to participate in the public beta testing of "Apocalyptic Catastrophe" and managed to survive for a hundred days, earning rewards such as the "Lord's Token," "Preservation of Life Skill Levels," and an "S-Rank Skill." She eagerly anticipated the official release of the game, only to find that the whole world had become the game itself... As a life player, Yun Ling could only continue to survive as best she could. With skills in intermediate fishing, intermediate gathering, advanced sewing, and advanced cooking, she focused on stockpiling food, production, recruitment, and construction, determined to transform her territory into an impregnable fortress of steel.

The name of this story .monster beast was a bad beast man then he meet this laddy call amarchi .amarchi was a pool girl and she have no body .her aunty named ngozi . came back from Lagos and tell amarchi that she we go with her .amarchi was so happy to hard that from her aunty .some few days letter amarchi take ngozi and traveled back to Lagos some weeks letter amarchi start maturing her so bad .ngozi .come and take this money and buy pure water for me half bag .amarchi: okay aunty I,m coming .then she take the money and buy the water when she was coming back she sew one man pls help me with one water .amarchi:okay sir take .monterbeast : thanks my name is monster beast .he .ask her u live around ,amarchi :yes sir I have to go ,monster beast :no problem dear thanks and she went back home ,ngozi: amarchi this water is not complete ,amarchi yes ma I drink one ,amarchi: are u mad ngozi slept her ,so monster beast was looking at her ,next day ,amarchi was going to market and she sew monster beast,,amarchi :good morning sir , monster beast: how are you ,amarchi : fine sir ,monster breast: u are not fine who is the laddy u live with ,amarchi: she is my mom sister ,monster beast,and were is ur mom ,amarchi: she is late ,monsterbeast :oooo,sorry ,amarchi: pls sir are u a beast ,monster beast: why are u asking ,start going, monster: was asking He's self a question, why since I see this girl I changed who is this girl I most find out , some day letter , some girls ask amarchi why are u following that beast , amarchi: which beast , some girls, monster beast he is a bad monster , amarchi, he is my friend so he is a bad monster beast, but he have not ,kill me y ,next day, amarchi : sew monster beast, sir pls can I talk to u .monster beast: stay away from me pls just go ,amarchi pls sir ,monster breast just go pls ,amarchi just start going, ngozi: see u beast child, amarchi: why are u calling me that pls stop I,m not a beast, ngozi: go and get me water now,amarchi went to bring water for her ,she start asking her self why aunty ngozi is calling me beast who I ,m my I most find out, some days letter amarchi go back to the village to the village to ask, amarchi:sir is amarchi late favour ebere daughter, the man OK my daughter why are u here, amarchi: thanks sir my mother sister keep calling me a beast, the man : yes my daughter u are the daughter of a beast , ur father was a bad monster beast, but ur mom changed him,no beast can hot u ,u can change any beast ,amarchi: thanks sir, she went back to Lagos, some mouth letter amarchi sew the monster beast ,monster beast pls $569 who are u ,amarchi tell him her story and dey were more den a friend some years letter dey got married , the end

Princess Ninet, the pharaonic princess of angelic beauty To start Queen Nunya by sewing a snakeskin dress to beat the princess Queen Nefertari calls the shoemaker a plan to kill the princess What happens if the princess wears a dress or shoes?

Gabriella, a poor young woman who has lost her family after their house has been caught with fire, tries to make it all up by chasing her ultimate dream; sewing and designing. Theodore, a man of his words, and the son of the royal family and the ruler of the Sanal kingdom. Always a frown plastered on his face and never grateful for anything given or happened to him. Just one simple incident occurred between these two unfamiliar soulmates, and turned both of their lives up and down.

Olive Rogers is a twelve year old girl who, along with her twin brother Oliver, is sent to an unknown boarding school called Ancestors' Academy. Everything goes wrong from day one but Olive cannot do anything about it except wait and hope that things will become better she. She is followed by the ghost of a girl named Jen who had died in school while on punishment. Soon Olive discovers that Jen is not the only one who died in that fashion and what makes it even worse is that they all died in the same place the sewing room. At one glance Ancestors' Academy looks like a school that is run by medieval fanatics but on the inside it is a horrifying place where children lose their personalities to become a copy of the headmistress those who do not comply are killed in gruesome ways that are unimaginable. Join Olive in her journey of 5 years surviving Ancestors' Academy while trying to maintain her own personality as well as her brother's.

The young master of the Huo Family was well-known in the Rong City. Having been brought up in a military, political, and business family, he was decisive in dealing with businesses, yet sexually continent as it was said. Nevertheless, he happened to fall in love with an illegitimate daughter. The disgraceful illegitimate daughter had been detested by her whole family, but suddenly won the love of the young master of the Huo Family. Since then, he turned into a “slave” of his wife and pampered her. Mrs. Huo: “They say I am an illegitimate daughter, and totally out of your league.” Master Huo: “Who has such a big mouth! I’m gonna sew it up!” Mrs. Huo started circling on his chest with a finger, “They also say you’ll get tired of me sooner or later.” Master Huo held his wife into his arms, proving his love to her with practical actions, “Nonsense! My wife’s body is soft and easy to be pushed down to bed, how come I will get tired of you!?” Mrs. Huo: “Pervert!”

FAILURE IS A STEPPING STONE FOR SUCCESS.

In this universe, there are relics of the war from the ancient era everywhere. Countless carcasses of gargantuan beasts in all different forms are scattered around the galaxies. As a result, there was a special occupation that traversed the galaxies, they are known as “Star Beast Hunters”. The Star Beast Hunter’s mission was to explore various planets and find the carcasses of the Star Beasts. These are important research materials that symbolized endless wealth. Among these Star Beast Hunters was a very unique hunter. He searched for the bodies of the Star Beasts not to use them to exchange for wealth, but to stitch them up. Three years ago, Rolin obtained a system. All he had to do was to stitch u bodies, and he could receive the natural-born abilities of that species. So he started to traverse the galaxies in search of those fragmented bodies. Stitched up the body of the Great Phantom Beast, obtained the ability of high-speed movement. Stitched up body of the Great Beast of Flame, obtained the ability to command fire. Stitched up the body of the Great Beast of Space, obtained the ability to teleport through space. Stitched up the body of the Great Glacier Beast, obtained the ability to command ice.

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When he awoke he was all alone. He thought of the destruction that stained his hands with blood. He’d felt righteous, justified and now empty. Three tears trickled down his cheek, each floating in space, and then slowly they took form. Before his eyes, three little girls, no bigger than sewing pins, were born. The new heirs to the ruined Earth.

A childs path to revenge and duty to their country and family. Come along and find out Henri's secrets and how Henri deals with death, corruption, and betrayal along the way to accomplishing their goal while sewing the seeds of tolerence , forgiveness, hate, and heartbreak. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alot of dragons and other mystical beings will be in attendence of this journey. This is more closely related to westren fantasy but some beings in other realms of influence will pop up here and there.. Eye drawn by me, everything else is just photoshopped off the internet <_< rights to respective stock image owners.

Su Qinghe, a homebody and lazy woman, has reborn and became a rural girl in the 1960s. In order to survive, Su Qinghe can only continue to complete tasks and become a qualified little army wife. Ding… After completing the cooking task, get 1 point of cooking skill. Reward a pound of pork belly. Ding… After completing the sewing task, get 1 point of sewing skill, and reward one foot of cotton cloth. Ding… Su Qinghe’s life motto: it’s just hard but it’s not impossible! Hello there. This is my first time posting. I found this novel MTLed online and edited it to be legible. I enjoyed it so I decided to post it here so you could enjoy it too. if you see any mistakes I missed leave a comment and I’ll fix them.

In a society where punishment for women is humiliation, a former knight has changed from a soldier of the king to a protector of those harmed women. Samuel is that knight, he owns a manor that is only has women except for him, he makes sure they are safe and have what they need. He allows them to learn to speak well, to read and write, to cook, to sew, to garden, to teach, he allows them learn what freedom was.

It is the story of a young lady who lived in the capital city of modern China. Back then, war struck and it was one of the bloodiest which could ever happen. She was caught by enemies and assassinated because she was the bastard daughter of the prince and enemies feared she will rise and take the crown which was legitimate to her. She prayed for help and made a rebirth to ancient China 1000 years before. There she meets someone special and really unexpected. Her only skill is sewing and is a real masterpiece on outfits of any type. Will she live in that world with no modernity and manage to survive?

"How to write stories like a real author?" Before you're good at making stories, you were a beginner like Asher. Asher Westergard is a teenage boy whose dreams of becoming an author are coming to life, but he struggles to write a story that can be enjoyed by readers. By chance he met Esther Violette, the acting librarian (Warning: Do not mess with her) who gladly helped him and became his teacher. "Will he be able to fullfil his dreams?" "If you don't shut up I'll sew that mouth of yours, even if it means breaking the fourth wall." Esther's voice was heard. "He's just telling the description." Asher's voice as well.

One trip to the Forbidden Land, Nikolai made a discovery that shocked the kingdom. He was known to be the pioneer of the World Unknown that was called as Dark Realm. He knee that something was off when he met a woman that knows much about said realm as much as she knew how to sew. Alvina had been trying to escape the prison that held her forever until a man helped her to escape from the VOID that he called the Dark Realm. She tried to thank him by pursuing him, knowing that she risked a.m. chance for the world to know mythical creatures that were a myth before. What will Nikolai do if he found that the woman holds his fancy has more than meets the eye? Will Alvina risk her existence to be with the man that stole her heart after being alone for so long?

Ried likes the 'beware the nice ones' trope from books and movies and tv shows. He's very smart, and is proud of that, but he craves more adventure and excitement in his life. He will reap what he sews once he gets his wish. Living never seemed like such a labour. Though only a few left as witnesses, Ried goes nearly undetected in the wind of the night, destroying things like an earthquake. He continues to be an epicentre throughout his violent journey.

A love story between Yang Yang and Bai Li-Lian. Long black silky hair, 2 different colored eyes, light blue robe with lotus's sewed on, Li-lian reached the age 17 and is already the 2nd most powerful person in the world below her husband Yang Yang but only she knows that, to most people her husband is the “dud” of the yang royal siblings but that soon changes because of one person and everyone now knows him as his alter ego the Bamboo emperor. At an early age Li-Llian had to mature faster because of her powers, her father the emperor wouldn't allow anyone to bully his favorite and only daughter even if her mother is a lowly concubine, but because of how much power she holds and her love for her family everything soon changes for the good but not everyone thinks that way. “You will be MINE, ONLY MINE”, a very jealous person said In a split second, she was HIS and her cool demeanor was gone the second his blood-like eyes looked into hers “En, only yours”, she said with a beautiful smile that could turn the world upside down ~Authors Note~ THANK YOU FOR READING MY NOVEL ^^

A woman in a white dress. Hands and feet both tied in a shackles. Battered completely from limbs to limbs. It's was a beautiful day to die Infront of the people that mocked and disrespected her existence. Her tears dried up after crying all night on her cell. But she had no choice but to she accepts her fate, that her time is finally over.. As long as her treasures escaped and live for her as a promise.. The memory is painfully precious it's coming back to her fleeting on an instant.. She was tortured. Until she can't even stand and defend herself. She was drowning on her own blood. Stained on her dress that was sewed by her beloved man. She was the last of her kind. And her family hunts down, her home was burnt to the ground. Beheaded and enslaved. She deviated and it was painful for her to accept that it will be the last time she'll see her family again. She was captured, so that her husband and her child would flee. No one knows she bares a child. Thought that she's the last. And it's enough for her even she'll be no longer stay as her mother, soon will be part of the earth. She kneel down and glance upward. The birds were flying on the sky. The man unsheathed his sword and he let him as she began to pray. As she stop she leaned and gave him a sign.. and from that moment her breath ceased

The love story of two young people This is a story of true love Four years ago I was working in a tailor shop I went to sewing every day and was busy with lessons and work I did not know anything about love. Suddenly a girl was found. She was a hairdresser. Every day when I went to the tailor, she saw me. Weeks passed. He took me and wrote that I love you and he had written my phone number. Three days later, he called me and I realized that I had been in contact with that girl for a while and I was going to school. The exams had started. I have to continue my lesson, but he did not accept and left me with two conditions. Condition 1, kissing me, condition 2: Replying to his messages that I had to accept. In order not to be sad, after a while he became discouraged from the fog and I fell in love with him. It hurt me. He had a relationship with several people. Hope this problem is solved, but it never happened. One day I saw him hand in hand on the street with another person. But I could not do anything. I cried every day, I prayed that it would get better, but it did not work. I was fired from sewing. Every morning I came and sat near their barber shop. I was dying every day for 8 months. I was not feeling well. Well, I had to tell her mother. I sent a letter to her mother. I wrote in the letter. Madam, please call this number. About your daughter. The letter was sent by KS and why. His daughter told me that a person named Sarfaraz wanted to discredit me without calling. And while I wanted to save her from bad people, I wanted to tell her mother that you should take the girl away from here. These people call your daughter bad. Went to America, that girl's name was Sarah Oh my bitter end

She was born as unwanted child unknown about her true origin.Her sacrifice was unknown to history,she remained in shadows...some said she died in childbirth...some said she did not exists...its her story...its princess Durdhara's story...her pain for her people, her valour for her country...her revenge for family....and her strong determination to unit India It story of ancient India, the period of changes and war when Alexander was standing on the gate of India by crossing the Hindukush mountains..the great king Porus is defeated and Greek satrap are ruling the fronterir kingdom slowly sewing inwards. India is divded.It was a hour to unite india and hero did rise to unify, he was called chandragupta and his power was Durdhara. Its a lore of true love, that started with scarifice,hate,tears but they achieved it all together...she was his shadow, his support and he was her protector...her Chandra and she was his Dhara. The story of earth and moon..the eternal couple that together made history his name is still known and her name is lost in the dust of time. Chandra: My face is not something a beautiful princess like you can handle, our union is just based on a arrangement don't push it. Dhara: Hmm, ur afraid ill will reject you, i don't have that option. I have promised to fulfill my promise to your guru(teacher). i wont backout, i will be called coward for it. i may be many things but im defiantly not a coward Kumar(Mr).

The people who live in the 100 Flower Gardens collect the falling petals in the fall season to use as a dye for the broom cloth. As these are rare flowers that they cannot be harvested by picking in the spring like other flowers, wait until the fall season when the flowers will fall on their own so that they can be harvested from these flowers. Because they were rare flowers, the colors of the flowers are mixed only with the highest quality silk threads, and the thread for the fabric is intended only for the royal court and high palace officials. The owner of the 100 Flower Plantations belongs to the Wei family, a family of well-known textile and costume designers in the capital. The family has two sons and a daughter, and their son, who inherited the family line, has been studying dressmaking in this Western since he was a teenager. Therefore, the current family business is busy being controlled by their father, Mr. Wei, and their mother, Ms. Fhong, who designs clothes, who has many models under her control. Twelve-year-old Aini, the youngest daughter, holds a pair of scissors, cuts a short piece of clothing that her mother had sewn together and tied several layers of fabric for a unique look, and she sewed the layers together of this line of skirts with a smile on her face. She does not like traditional clothes with long skirts and it is difficult to walk. That's why her mother always beats her. Because she cut the design, remade the clothes as she wanted and the clothes her mother was trying to match her clothes like another girl's clothes, she cut the clothes as weirdly as the fabric was like a messy dress in her mother's eyes. A voice called her from the maid outside her room, telling her that her mother had something to tell her to hurry to see her in the hall immediately. .. 秋天的回忆 Memories of autumn The people who live in the 100 Flower Gardens collect the falling petals in the fall season to use as a dye for the broom cloth. As these are rare flowers that they cannot be harvested by picking in the spring like other flowers, wait until the fall season when the flowers will fall on their own so that they can be harvested from these flowers. Because they were rare flowers, the colors of the flowers are mixed only with the highest quality silk threads, and the thread for the fabric is intended only for the royal court and high palace officials. The owner of the 100 Flower Plantations belongs to the Wei family, a family of well-known textile and costume designers in the capital. The family has two sons and a daughter, and their son, who inherited the family line, has been studying dressmaking in this Western since he was a teenager. Therefore, the current family business is busy being controlled by their father, Mr. Wei, and their mother, Ms. Fhong, who designs clothes, who has many models under her control. Twelve-year-old Aini, the youngest daughter, holds a pair of scissors, cuts a short piece of clothing that her mother had sewn together and tied several layers of fabric for a unique look, and she sewed the layers together of this line of skirts with a smile on her face. She does not like traditional clothes with long skirts and it is difficult to walk. That's why her mother always beats her. Because she cut the design, remade the clothes as she wanted and the clothes her mother was trying to match her clothes like another girl's clothes, she cut the clothes as weirdly as the fabric was like a messy dress in her mother's eyes. ..

You thought this was just a some, romance or something? WRONG!! Let’s see if you can keep up with this rowdy boy as he becomes becomes “The Cute-Monster Tamer”!? Gregory is one of those crazies that think monsters are cute. ‘Ornamentals’ use their powers to make sure that the monsters are kept at a balance, but not this kid - adult... you know what, no body knows. As people laugh at his dream to have many ‘cute’ monsters as a great Ornamental, he goes out and knocks them back again and again. Let’s see how this ends up. “So, Greg. What do you consider ‘cute’ when it comes to monsters?” “Easy. Animals are typically cute and so are slimes and dragons. But I live by something that’s 100% true: If it’s fluffy, it’s most likely a cutie.” “Most people think monsters are horrifying, why do you think that’s the case?” “First off, they’re uncultured swines. When you’re a degenerate, you can’t really see passed that. Secondly, people only see the bad because everyone else does from years of fighting and no progression. This lack of public knowledge, historical aggression, and acting based on everyone else’s perspective, kills any possibility of understanding.” “Wow... that was relatively articulate...” “What? Are you calling me an idiot!?” “N-no!! I’m just say- AAHHH!!!” *Gregory starts pulling out a needle with magic threads * “I’m gonna sew your mouth shut!!” Yeah, slightly different from what you were expecting in a synopsis. I’m actually really bad at them and don’t like revealing too much before someone reads, so hope you give it a shot!

Xue Liqin became the brain-dead protagonist of a novel, the award-winning female lead who's IQ only works if she was more than five continents away from the male lead, Mo Liling. Hence, the first mission she gave herself was to transfer schools and transfer homes. Having escaped from her antagonist step sister and the villainess' biological brother, who was the male lead, she depressingly relived her high-school life, trying not to hit her art teacher with a scalpel who kept complaining that her stickmen weren't artistic enough. It was all well and dandy, and she once again pursued her dream job as a forensic scientist; however, the gentle and disabled tablemate who was quietly sewing a cute pink squid suddenly asked her if she wanted to go to the cinema. So on a fine March Saturday, Mo Liling was taken to a blood-soaked casino, where a war between a mafia house and some elite government soldiers were fighting. She was handed ice cream and soda and was told to enjoy the show. After, Mo Liling highly expressed she had never experienced such professionalism and realism, as she smiled while dialling 110. Later at a luxury palace like mansion, Pink Squid boy grinned as he handed her a golden scalpel inlaid with several pink diamonds, "come, I know you have such a cute hobby, don't be shy and enjoy yourself." Mo Liling looked down at the several experiment men belonging to the ruthless villain household and sighed, looking disappointed, "I'm not interested in the breathing ones." The grandpa on the side chuckled, took out a gun and shot a man through the head, "little girl, how about that one? He's not breathing now." A mature gentleman who had similar features to her tablemate suddenly threw out a pretty dagger, hitting another man straight through the forehead, "I think that one is a lot better; how about you play with the one I hit?" Mo Liling gently smiled as she silently said to herself, the heart is small, the head is small, this world is too big for me to live in.

THE LOVE I HATE is a story which focuses on the life of Anita Haliday. An intelligent and Straight forward nineteen years old girl who has a twin sister Alicia Haliday. Anita, who once use to be the parent favorite, all of a sudden became thier worst night mare as she kept on doing things unknowingly. Things which her twin sister Transpired. The more she try to be a good girl, the more she get tangled up with fake love and hate from different people especially her best friend and her Twin sister. Anita haliday happens to be a kind of person who easily get washed off by the words of the mouth, she was easily washed off with sweet words from guys and age fell for them quickly. Alicia who hated her sister with passion knows fully well what Anita's weakness was, so she used it against her at every slight opportunity she had. Alicia made sure that Anita got hated by her, father, her mother and her best friend Ella, so the manipulation became easy especially with Anita not knowing that Alicia and Ella were having evil plans towards her. Anita, found love again after the whole christian saga, but it turned out that, That Gabriel was one of Alicia and Ella and they happen to be the one that set Gabriel up to it. The same thing kept happening with every guy she met in school and that made her hate love. the humiliation, the embarrassment, the harrassment, the lies, the deciet, the hate, everything she went through was enough to make someone go nut, meet a mental therapist or even commit suicide. After college, she stayed one more year at home, Indoors. she was not able to talk to anyone, she didn't even want to talk to anyone, she didn't want to have friends as her one and only best friend had betrayed and ridiculed her. so it was better she played safe. Anita came out after a year and started her fashion designing buisness with Old lady Carmen sewing machine. she stayed away from love and barely believed a words that comes out from a guy mouth. Even when guys with real intention came to her she shunned them all and moved on with her life. one particular day, she met Gabriel, her first love. she avoided him but not for long. she found true love again even if it was hard for her to love and trust him she realized that her lover was not giving up so little by little she started having feelings for him until she was able to love and trust again

I wait," Mrs. Morel said to herself–"I wait, and what I wait for can never come." Then she straightened the kitchen, lit the lamp, mended the fire, looked out the washing for the next day, and put it to soak. After which she sat down to her sewing. Through the long hours her needle flashed regularly through the stuff. Occasionally she sighed, moving to relieve herself. And all the time she was thinking how to make the most of what she had, for the children's sakes. At half-past eleven her husband came. His cheeks were very red and very shiny above his black moustache. His head nodded slightly. He was pleased with himself. "Oh! Oh! waitin' for me, lass? I've bin 'elpin' Anthony, an' what's think he's gen me? Nowt b'r a lousy hae'fcrown, an' that's ivry penny–" "He thinks you've made the rest up in beer," she said shortly. "An' I 'aven't–that I 'aven't. You b'lieve me, I've 'ad very little this day, I have an' all." His voice went tender. "Here, an' I browt thee a bit o' brandysnap, an' a cocoanut for th' children." He laid the gingerbread and the cocoanut, a hairy object, on the table. "Nay, tha niver said thankyer for nowt i' thy life, did ter?" As a compromise, she picked up the cocoanut and shook it, to see if it had any milk. "It's a good 'un, you may back yer life o' that. I got it fra' Bill Hodgkisson. 'Bill,' I says, 'tha non wants them three nuts, does ter? Arena ter for gi'ein' me one for my bit of a lad an' wench?' 'I ham, Walter, my lad,' 'e says; 'ta'e which on 'em ter's a mind.' An' so I took one, an' thanked 'im. I didn't like ter shake it afore 'is eyes, but 'e says, 'Tha'd better ma'e sure it's a good un, Walt.' An' so, yer see, I knowed it was. He's a nice chap, is Bill Hodgkisson, 'e's a nice chap!"