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"Look wot a mess you've bin an' made o' my clean frock! Don't you see?" The poor little man could not see. He could only cough and gasp and wipe his face with his coat-tails. "I'd give you in charge o' the pleece, I would, if it wasn't that you've pretty well punished yourself a'ready," continued Miles. "Take 'im to a pump some o' you, 'cause I ain't got time.
"Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires. I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.
'Look 'ere, said the burglar, 'I've come 'ere straight outer the pleece station. These 'ere kids'll tell you it ain't no blame er mine. 'Well, you WERE a burglar, you know, said the truthful Anthea gently. 'Only because I was druv to it by dishonest blokes, as well you knows, miss, rejoined the criminal. 'Blowed if this ain't the 'ottest January as I've known for years.
For some time they rode together in silence; but Quashy, who had overheard, the conversation, and was of a remarkably combative disposition, though the reverse of bad-tempered or quarrelsome, could not refrain from asking "W'y de Guv'mint not hab lots ob sojers an' pleece in de mountains to squash de raskils?"
Pleece!" some apparently high-strung individual was bawling. A ludicrous, but nevertheless dangerous, sight met their eyes.
"Tell him that every officer in the service of the King of England is considered a gentleman." "Come now, sar," interrupted Peter sternly, "you know das not true. I bin in England myself cook to a French rest'rung in London an' I nebber hear dat a pleece officer was a gentleman!"
"P'lhaps," interrupted the messenger, "p'lhaps the pleeceman can talkee." "If he can, let him speak," cried Edgar, with impatience. "Pleece he nevir too muchee quick," returned the man, coolly. "We knows what we's can do. Hai, yach!" Edgar sat down with a sharp sigh of discontent, and waited for more. "Well?" "Well," repeated the policeman, "there be steam-boat here now go for Borneo quick."
She didn't know, and had omitted to ask his name, having been so frightened that she had left him at the door, which she had shut against him. "An', please, Miss," continued Liffie, in a tone of suppressed eagerness, "if I was you I'd lock the parlour door in case he bu'sts in the outer one. You might open the winder an' screech for the pleece." "Oh!
'Not so fast, you young off-scouring! he said. 'Willum, fetch the pleece. Willum went. The children stood huddled together like frightened sheep, and Mr Peasemarsh spoke to them till the pleece arrived. He said many things. Among other things he said: 'Nice lot you are, aren't you, coming tempting honest men with your guineas! 'They ARE our guineas, said Cyril boldly.
Do all the servants in London be wearing the same livery, Howel? 'Those are the police, mother, said Howel, laughing. 'The pleece! Well, I do be calling them handsome men. When will the noise stop, Howel? I can't hear myself speak, much less you and Netta. 'Tis more noise than Hollantide fair! But maybe 'tis fairday here to-day, only I wasn't seeing no cattle.
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