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That he, Bounder, "what had drove real gentlemen and ladies, such as a member of Parliament and a barrow-knight," should have been ordered to drive home a pair of labourer's boots! This was "the last straw," indeed! Arrived at No. 17, Drake Street, Bounder altogether declined to touch the offending boots.
It must ha' bin, wot d'ye call it second sight for I knew then an' there I'd got a prize in the lottery " "Oh, shut up!" shouted Royson, diving frantically for his boots. "That's no way for a barrow-knight to talk to 'is admirin' skipper," said Stump. "But I s'pose, now, it sounds queer to 'ave me a-callin' you Sir Richard, w'en, as like as not, I might be dammin' your eyes as second mate?"
Stump removed his pipe from between his teeth: "Good evenin', Sir Richard," he said solemnly. Then the huge joke he had been cogitating ever since Irene informed him at luncheon that Royson was now a man of title mastered him completely. "Sink me," he burst forth, "I've had some daisies of second mates under me in me time, but I've never bossed a bloomin' barrow-knight afore. My godfather!
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