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Updated: June 6, 2025
When I 'eerd all them shots poppin' off every few minutes, up by the Casino, I used to think 'twas the suicides a shooting theirselves all over the place, for before I left 'ome, I 'ad a warnin' from my young man that was the kind of goin's on they 'ad here. But now I know it's only the pigeon shooters, tryin' for prizes, and I wouldn't eat a pigeon pie in this 'otel, not if 'twas ever so!"
Why, to be sure it must; and if my wheels inside had been going as they should, I should have thought it out at once. It must be at the Rajah's place, because of the helephants as you 'eerd now and then. They must have a sort of stable close by here. And then why, of course I'm just as 'fused-like as you are, sir that French count chap came in to see us the other day, and talked to me."
'Texts from the Bible? I said, staggering under a new thought that seemed to strike through me like a bar of hot metal. 'Can you remember any one of them? 'It was allus the same tex', an' I ought to remember it well enough, for I've 'eerd it times enough. She wur like you for poll-parritin' ways, and used to say the same thing over an' over ag'in.
"I'm afraid not," said Barnabas, rather apologetically. "Not 'eerd o' the 'Bully-Sawyer, Seventy-four, Lord, young sir! axing your pardon, but not 'eerd o' the why, she were in the van that day one o' the first to engage the enemy but a cable's length to wind'ard o' the 'Victory' one o' the first to come up wi' the Mounseers, she were.
I repeated incredulously; "you? Are you sure?" "Sure as death, Peter. I've heerd un a-shriekin' and a-groanin' to 'isself, same as Gaffer 'as, and lots of others. Why, Lord bless 'ee! theer be scarce a man in these parts but 'as 'eerd um one time or another." "Ay I've 'eerd un, and seen un tu!" croaked the Ancient excitedly.
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