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`` Not yourn , anyway , '' snapped back the suitor . `` Well , us caa n't say ` zactly -- world 's full o ' novelties . '' `` Best pull yourself together , Gaffer , or bad-hearted folks might say you was bosky-eyed . -LSB- 10 -RSB- That ba n't no novelty anyway , but ' t is early yet to be drunk -- just three o'clock by the church . '' -LSB- 10 -RSB- _ Bosky-eyed _ = intoxicated . Mr. Blee marched on without waiting for a reply . He knew Lezzard to be more than seventy years old and usually regarded the ancient man 's rivalry with contempt ; but he felt uneasy for a few moments , until the front door of Mrs. Coomstock 's dwelling was opened to him by the lady herself .