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`` No , no , '' said Maxley , going down to his whisper , and looking , monstrous wise : `` Doctor did n't go out of his business for me : you did . '' The sage miser 's gratitude had not time to die a natural death before circumstances occurred to test it . On the morning of that eventful day which concluded my last chapter , he received a letter from Canada . His wife was out with eggs ; so he caught little Rose Sutton , that had more than once spelled an epistle for him ; and she read it out in a loud and reckless whine : `` ` At -- noon -- this -- very -- daie -- Muster -- Hardie 's a-g-e-n-t , aguent -- d-i-s dis , h-o-n -- honour _ ed _ -- dis-honour _ ed _ -- a -- bill ; and sayed . ' '' Here she made a full stop . Then on to the next verse . `` ` There -- were no -- more -- asses . ' ''