Ce doit etre celui de ma fille Sally, qui s’est mariée il y a juste un an et dont le mari est maître d’hôtel a bord d’un bateau de l’Union. Je n’ose pas penser a ce qu’il ferait si, a son retour, il trouvait ma pauvre fille sans sa bague, parce que, voyez-vous, il a d’habitude la main assez leste ; mais ce n’est rien aupres de ce qu’il est quand il a bu !
It belongs to my girl Sally, as was married only this time twelvemonth, which her husband is steward aboard a Union boat, and what he'd say if he come 'ome and found her without her ring is more than I can think, he being short enough at the best o' times, but more especially when he has the drink.