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`` Only hear them fellers now talk of extendin ' of the representation ; why the house is a mob now , plaguy little better , I assure you . Like the house in Cromwell 's time , they want `` Sam Slick 's '' purge . But talkin ' of mobs , puts me in mind of a Swoi-ree , I told you I 'd describe that to you , and I do n't care if I do now , for I 've jist got my talkin ' tacks aboard . A Swoi-ree is -- `` We 'll talk of that some other time , Mr. Slick , '' said I ; `` it is now near two o'clock , I must retire . '' `` Well , well , '' said he , `` I suppose it is e ' en a ' most time to be a movin ' . But , Squire , you are a Britisher , why the plague do n't you get into the house ? you know more about colony matters than the whole bilin ' of '' them put together , quite as much about other things , and speak like a -- '' `` Come , come , Mr. Slick , '' said I , rising and lighting my bed-room candle , `` it is now high time to bid you good night , for you are beginning to talk _ Bunkum _ . ''