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It 's not very long they 'll be puttin ' her out of it , and bundlin ' her into jail , instead of to be sittin ' there , wid ne'er a spark of shame in her , annoyin ' dacint people . '' But neither mode of address produced any effect . The morning sunbeams still slanted down on the small pile of furniture , and old Neddy went on munching the blades off which they were drying the dew , and Mad Bell continued to sit upon the wall , as if placidly waiting for events . Such was the posture of affairs until towards noon , when an outside-car came trotting quickly down the lane . On one side of it sat a black-whiskered man in his best clothes , with each hand tightly grasping a small , fat , wrigglesome child . And the three were Matthew , Tom , and Minnie Wogan . On catching sight of Mad Bell , he made the driver pull up .