Thankye，neighbour，kindly。thelarchesarecomingontolerablywell，that’scertain。andhere’stoyourgoodhealth，Mr。Grant——youandyours，notforgettingyour，whatdyecall’emraspberries——drinks——and，afterapause，resumes，I’mnotapttobeabeggar，neighbour，butifyoucouldgiveme——
HereMr。Oaklywasinterruptedbytheentranceofsomestrangers，andhedidfinishmakinghisrequest——Mr。Oaklywasnot，ashesaidofhimself，apttoaskfavours，andnothingbutGrant’scordialitycouldhaveconqueredhisprejudices，sofarastotempthimtoaskafavourfromaScotchman。HewasgoingtohaveaskedforsomeoftheBrobdingnagraspberry-plants。Thenextdaythethoughtoftheraspberry-plantsrecurredtohismemory，butbeingabashfulman，hedidnotliketogohimselfonpurposetomakehisrequest，andhedesiredhiswife，whowasjustsettingouttomarket，tocallatGrant’sgate，and，ifhewasatworkinhisgarden，toaskhimforafewplantsofhisraspberries。
TheanswerwhichOakly’swifebroughttohimwasthatMr。Granthadnotaraspberry-plantintheworldtogivehim，andthatifhehadeversomany，hewouldnotgiveoneaway，excepttohisownson。
Oaklyflewintoapassionwhenhereceivedsuchamessage，declareditwasjustsuchamean，shabbytrickasmighthavebeenexpectedfromaScotchman——calledhimselfabooby，adupe，andablockhead，foreverhavingtrustedtothecivilspeechesofaScotchman——sworethathewoulddieintheparishworkhousebeforehewouldeveraskanotherfavour，beiteversosmall，fromaScotchman。relatedtohiswife，forthehundredthtime，thewayinwhichhehadbeentakeninbytheScotchpeddlertenyearsago，andconcludedbyforswearingallfurtherintercoursewithMr。Grant，andallbelongingtohim。
SonArthur，saidhe，addressinghimselftotheboy，whojustthencameinfromwork——SonArthur，doyouhearme？letmeneveragainseeyouwithGrant’sson。