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And werry vell you're a-doing vith it, for both of us." "I do my best, Jarsper." "V'ich couldn't be bettered, Dick. Then look how you 'elp me vith my cases." "Do I, Jarsper?" said the Corporal, his blue eyes shining. "That you do, Dick. And now I've got another case as I'm a-vaiting for, a extra-special Capital case it is too!" "Another murder, Jarsper?"
"First, sir, because they're a-vaiting for you at t'other end o' the alley, and second, because v'en they see us go this vay they'll think they've got us sure and sartin, and follow according, and third, because at a certain place along by the River I've left Corporal Dick and four o' my specials, d'ye see. S-sh! Qviet now! Oblige me with your castor your 'at, sir."
"Because it ain't much pertection ag'in windictiveness in the shape of a bludgeon, shall ve say, and as for a brick v'y, Lord! And theer's an uncommon lot of windictiveness about to-night; it's a-vaiting for you as you might say round the corner." "Really, Mr. Shrig, I'm afraid I don't understand you."
Shrig, exhaling a vast cloud of smoke, "afore I go on to tell you about this 'ere murder as I'm a-vaiting for, I must show ye my little reader." Here Mr. Shrig thrust a hand into his pocket, then his pipe shivered to fragments on the stone floor and he started up, mouth agape and eyes staring. "Lord, Jarsper!" cried the Corporal, "what is it, comrade?"
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