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And arter dey'd stayed dere a whole week 'quiring, dey was furder off from findin' out nor ebber. So dey all up and sent in a werdick as de gal was foun' wid her t'roat cut and nobody knowed who did it. Dat was de werdick. Which dey needn't o' stayed 'quiring and eaten' and drinkin' on us a whole week to tell us dat. 'Cause we knowed dat much afore.
Well, sir, they got a werdick for six thousand dollars, my brother and his wife did; and their lawyer stood to it that the mangling brought in three thousand; and I think he was right about it, too." "Six thousand!" said Vickers, with immense appreciation. "The court set it aside for being excessive," said Parthenheimer," and aft'werds they compromised for less. But there it was.
They won't pass that werdick, they won't pass it, Sammy. And Mr. Weller shook his head with legal solemnity. 'Wot a perwerse old file it is! exclaimed Sam. 'always a-goin' on about werdicks and alleybis and that. Who said anything about the werdick? Mr. Weller made no reply, but once more shook his head most learnedly.
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