"Eh!"

"Connubilated," said Uncle Abimelech, pointing. "Gone up."

"Prayed over fifteen minutes," exclaimed Stevey Todd, "which I wouldn'tso state without watching the clock."

"What!" cried Andrew McCulloch. "Do you mean to say, you aided andabetted, Mr. Pemberton--"

"Peace and connubiality was his last words," went on Stevey Todd,following his train of thought. "Peace and connubiality, he says, andhe meant the same."