Tormented.
The following conversation is reported to have taken place between a Scottish minister and a widow. The widow, who called upon the minister, seemed desirous of relieving her mind of something which oppressed her, at which the reverend gentleman, wishing to hurry matters, exclaimed. — "My good woman, you see I can be of no service to you till you tell me what it is that troubles you."
" Weel, sir, I'm thinkin' o' getting married again."
•' Oh, that is it ! Let me see ; that is pretty frequently, surely? How many husbands have you had? " " Weel, sir," she replied, in a tone less of sorrow than of bitterness, " this is the fourth. I'm sure there never was a v/ummun pao completely tormented wi' sic' a set of deem' men-as I've been ! "
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Otago Witness, Issue 2355, 13 April 1899, Page 60
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130Tormented. Otago Witness, Issue 2355, 13 April 1899, Page 60
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