I am a lone lorn creetur,' were Mrs. Gummidge's words . . . 'and everythink goes contrairy with me.'
Source: David Copperfield, Ch. 3
-- Charles Dickens, (Feb 7 1812-1870), English novelist, dramatist; He was one of most prolific and popular English novelists, e.g., A Christmas Carol, 1843 & Tale of Two Cities, 1859.