Puffit

Here Betty was interrupted by the entrance of Mr.. Puffit, the milliner, the printer's devil, and a stern-looking man, to whom Mr.. Puffit, as she came in, said, pointing to Betty Williams and Miss Warwick, "There they are -- do your duty, Mr. Constable: I'll swear to my lace."

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"Why you should be so particularly glad to see me, Mr.. Puffit, I don't know," said Mr. Barker, laughing; "but I'm not surprised Dinah Plait should he a welcome guest wherever she goes, especially with a purse full of guineas in her hand."

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"I never was so glad to see you, Mr.. Plait and Mr. Barker, in all my days," said Mr.. Puffit.

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I beg pardon, madam, "said she," but I took you for -- Did not I hear you say the name of Burrage, friend Puffit? "

Tales and Novels — Volume 01 Maria Edgeworth 1808

Porett, or Plait, or Puffit, or some of her names that pekin with a p and ent with at. "

Tales and Novels — Volume 01 Maria Edgeworth 1808