In 1273 Mr. Bumble's name was spelt bon-bel, good and beautiful.

“The Bumble Bee rows Ray, but she likes her,” was the general verdict.

The Bumble says the value of school life consists in its ‘give and take’.

Bumble was not about, and I said casually that I supposed the old dog was dead.

Again Mr. Bumble coughed,louder this time than he had coughed yet.

I am so fond of them, Mr. Bumble, you cant think, replied the matron.

Indeed, the two chairs touched; and when they did so, Mr. Bumble stopped.

But not for two, maam, rejoined Mr. Bumble, in soft accents.

Mr. Bumble had married Mrs. Corney, and was master of the workhouse.

Have the goodness to look at me, said Mr. Bumble, fixing his eyes upon her.