"You have kept us waiting an age Come along, Bet, do." "She ain't going to funk it, surely " "No, no, not she, -she's a good 'un, Bet is, -come along, Bet. Joe Wilkins is waiting for us round the corner, and he says Sam is to be there, and Jimmy, and Hester Wright: do come along, now." "Will Hester Wright sing?" suddenly demanded the girl who was being assailed by all these remarks.