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ejaculated Susannah : `` I thought , when first I sat down , that the cushions felt extraordinary plum . You do n't think they 'll fine us ? '' `` It all comes of our stoppin ' to gaze at that Punch-an ' - Judy , '' the old fellow went on , after I had shown them how to turn back the arm-seats , and they were settled in something like comfort . `` But I never _ could _ refrain from that antic , though I feels condemned too , in a way , an ' poor Thomas laid in earth no longer ago than twelve noon . But in the midst of life we are in death . '' `` I do n't remember a more successful buryin ' , '' said the woman who held the little girl . `` That was partly luck , as you may say , it bein ' regatta-day an ' the fun o ' the fair not properly begun .