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"Wot's that?" asked one of the men belonging to the other side. "S sh!" said Stubbins. "It's him." "'oo?" inquired Plummer. "Jacobs?" "Yes," I replied. "Poor devil!" "Wot were 'appenin' w'en yer got hup ther'?" asked the man on the other side, indicating with a jerk of his head, the fore royal. Before I could reply, Stubbins jumped up from his sea-chest. "Ther Second Mate's whistlin'!" he said.
'I see at once as you was in in mournin', Miss, an' I'm sorry for it. You're lookin' nothing like yourself. I don't know whether it's right to upset you with other people's bothers, but there's that poor Mrs. Hewett in such a state, and I said as I'd run round, 'cause she seems to think there's nobody else can come to her help as you can. I always knew as something o' this kind 'ud be 'appenin'.
Dickey Bulmer, too, who was displaying a fortitude hardly to be expected in a man of his years and habits, thought that interference was useless. "Let 'er do what she can," he said. "She doesn't know wot is 'appenin' now. If she was on'y watchin' she'd be a ravin' lunatic. God 'elp us all, we've got ourselves into a nice mess!"
'Don't you see the room's burnin'? 'Come, master, I sez, 'you've got the nightmare. Get back into bed again, and keep quiet. "He let go o' the bedpost and began starin' in front of him with the most awful eyes you ever see. 'Are you blind? he sez. 'Don't you see what's 'appenin'? 'Nothing's 'appenin', I sez; 'get back into bed. 'Look! he sez, 'look at the top o' that hill!
"All right," Glad answered; "we could look after 'er between us well enough." The thief was still sitting on the hearth, but being full fed and comfortable for the first time in many a day, he had rested his head against the wall and fallen into profound sleep. "Wot's up?" said Glad when the two men came in. "Is anythin' 'appenin'?" "I have come up here to tell you something," Dart answered.
Three days later, when he had almost forgotten his fright on the cliffs, he went down to the village to get the morning papers. "What's the news," he said to one of the villagers whom he met on the way. "'Bout the same, sir. Don't seem to be much 'appenin' at present," the man replied.
"I means as a gent 'appenin' to fall in the dark may p'r'aps cut 'is 'ead open but 'e don't give 'isself two black eyes, a bloody nose, a split lip, an' three broken ribs, all at once it ain't nat'ral, w'ich if you says contrairy, I remarks 'Walker! Lord!" continued the Postilion, seeing I did not speak, "Lord! it must 'a' been a pretty warm go while it lasted you put 'im to sleep sound enough; it took me over a hour to Tonbridge, an' 'e never moved till 'e'd been put to bed at 'The Chequers' an' a doctor sent for.
Twitt with a doubtful air "But there's ter'uble things allus 'appenin', an' I sez if warnings is sent to us even out o' the mouths o' babes and sucklings, let's accept 'em in good part. An' if so be a magpie is chose by the Lord as a messenger we'se fools if we despises the magpie.
'E's quite a 'andy young feller, an' tender-'earted: 'e won't leave yer like this, no fear. . . . But, o' course, it'll be a shock to 'im, 'appenin' in upon us an' findin' well, so much more'n 'e expected. I'm thinkin' 'ow to break it to 'im gently, 'ere in the dark." Tilda considered for a while. "It might 'elp if I knew yer name.
"Those who are wanted will be sent for. Now go! Higgins, you may stay." "Yes, sir. Yes, sir. But wot an 'orrid 'appenin', sir, if you'll permit me " "I won't. Be quiet and listen. This man is Anisty Handsome Dan Anisty, the notorious jewel thief, wanted badly by the police of a dozen cities.
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