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"Yes, dot's a good vun," he continued with a grunt of approval. "Yes dot's London, sure enough. Yes, I see Vickery's name whose initials is on dese bottles? And de arms de lion and de vings on him dot come from somebody high up, ain't it? Vhere did you get 'em?" "That is of no moment. What I want to know is, will you either pay me a fair price for it or loan me a fair sum on it?"
"I dares be bound, Meester Pepper, that you 'members vell ven Harry Cook, the great highvayman, poor fellow! he's gone vhere ve must all go, brought you, then quite a gossoon, for the first time to the little back parlour at the Cock and Hen, Dewereux Court?" Ned nodded assent. "And you 'members as how I met Harry and you there, and I vas all afeard at you, 'cause vy?
"Vy, much of one and not a little of the other!" said the euphonious confidant. "How! speak plain, man; what do you mean?" "Vy, I means, your 'oner, that I can't say vhere he is." "And this," said Brandon, with a muttered oath, "this is your boasted news, is it? Dog! damned, damned dog! if you trifle with me or play me false, I will hang you, by the living God, I will!"
"But vhen ve comes to overhaul ourselfs ve found dot our hands and faces vas badly skinned by our fall outside dot cave, und our hair and beards, as vell as our clothes, vas singed vhere ve had shoomped through the fire." "Indeed!" said I. "That was certainly remarkable if you are both quite sure you did not imagine those very peculiar happenings."
See ye didn't manage ter freeze them whiskers off'n yer face, did ye?" "Dey're yoost vhere dey belongs, I tank," answered Stefan, quietly. "Miss Sophy, if you haf time I take two plugs Lumberman's Joy terbacker."
"Vy, much of one and not a little of the other!" said the euphonious confidant. "How! speak plain, man; what do you mean?" "Vy, I means, your 'oner, that I can't say vhere he is." "And this," said Brandon, with a muttered oath, "this is your boasted news, is it? Dog! damned, damned dog! if you trifle with me or play me false, I will hang you, by the living God, I will!"
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