"You should see the flowers at Glenmalony," Mrs.O'Dowd was remarking. "Me fawther has three Scotch garners with nine helpers. We have an acre of hothouses, and pines as common as pays in the sayson.Our greeps weighs six pounds every bunch of 'em, and upon me honour and conscience I think our magnolias is as big as taykettles."
Dobbin, who never used to "draw out" Mrs. O'Dowd as that wicked Osborne delighted in doing (much to Amelia's terror, who implored him to spare her), fell back in the crowd, crowing and sputtering until he reached a safe distance, when he exploded amongst the astonished market-people with shrieks of yelling laughter.