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The mate went on faster: "Craik Singleton Donkin.... O Lord!" he involuntarily ejaculated as the incredibly dilapidated figure appeared in the light. It stopped; it uncovered pale gums and long, upper teeth in a malevolent grin. "Is there any-think wrong with me, Mister Mate?" it asked, with a flavour of insolence in the forced simplicity of its tone.
"Ten 'underd to one," groaned the engineer. Another blank silence was broken by the stoker's saying, with a savage oath: "I wish that boy was alive, I do." "I know your feeling," agreed the engineer sympathetically. "It 'ud be a comfort to you to kick 'im or any-think else weak and small wot didn't durst to kick back."
But as to what Tom could 'a dun with the carpus, I'm allus heer'd that you may dew anythink with any-think, if you on'y send it carriage-paid to Lunnon, I left the house in anger and disgust. No tidings could I get of Winifred in Raxton or Graylingham. By this time I was thoroughly worn out, and obliged to go home. My anxiety had become nearly insupportable.
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