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[H]ow did it all start, property and wealth and beauty like that?

I wor amaist blinded wi' snow, coming ow'r that confounded heath.

I went over a-purpose to 'ave a look at it the last 'oliday I took, and I was quite surprised to find 'ow very inferior it was.

This alone gives great charm and character to a poem; but we were also to change all words ending in ow into aw.

Pain yer, en a ketch yander, wid de cramps th'ow'd in, aint no mo' dan ole folks kin 'speck.

Curiosity, however, prompts Sorel at this point to an inquiry: "'Ow much 'e goin' pay 'im?"