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"You young whelp, what are ye affeared on? eh!" He aimed a blow at Tommy, which the latter smartly avoided. "Murderer!" cried the boy, rousing himself suddenly, "you shall swing for this yet." "Shall I? eh! Here, Jim, catch hold o' the tiller." Jim obeyed, and Job sprang towards Tommy, but the latter, who was lithe and active as a kitten, leaped aside and avoided him.
Whilst things were at this pass, Marchese and Stecchi, hearing that the judge of the Provostry was proceeding rigorously against Martellino and had already given him the strappado, were sore affeared and said in themselves, 'We have gone the wrong way to work; we have brought him forth of the frying-pan and cast him into the fire. Wherefore they went with all diligence in quest of their host and having found him, related to him how the case stood.
Mr Button rested on his oars. "Divil mend them I b'lave that was the long-boat shoutin'." He took to his oars again and pulled vigorously. "Paddy," came Dick's small voice, apparently from nowhere, "where are we now?" "Sure, we're in a fog; where else would we be? Don't you be affeared." "I ain't affeared, but Em's shivering."
"Hadn't we better pile some rocks on 'em, Shorty?" said he. I'm affeared if we don't they'll crawl off into the bush. "Guess we had," replied Shorty. "I b'lieve mine's started already!" Having made sure of them, they plunged into the water. Far up and down the stream were hundreds of men, swimming and splashing about. The soldiers availed themselves of every opportunity to enjoy this luxury.
There had died that very day at Pistoia, one, who, albeit his ancestors were gentlemen, was reputed the worst man that was, not only in Pistoia, but in all the world; more by token that he was in his lifetime so misshapen and of so monstrous a favour that whoso knew him not, seeing him for the first time, had been affeared of him; and he had been buried in a tomb without the church of the Minor Friars.
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