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At this point the doctor laid down his pen, arose, and went to the book-case for his Homer, with purpose to copy the original lines into a footnote for, to tell the truth, he had never quite mastered the methods of the Greek accents. He found the passage in Odyssey 14. Yes, it was all right autar Odysseus Ezeto kerdosune, skeptrou de oi ekpese cheiros . . . But hallo! what was this next line?
"Oi doan't ha' nowt to do wi' it," Bill replied, "cause oi told yer oi wouldn't; but oi've some trouble to keep oot o't. Ye see oi am nointeen now, and most o' t' chaps of moi age they be in 't; they meet at the 'Dog' nigh every noight, and they drills regular out on t' moor here, and it doan't seem natural for oi not to be in it, especial as moi brothers be in it.
"Phew! begorra, but Oi nivver thought of that!" he ejaculated in sudden dismay. "Oi'm obliged to ye for the hint, misther. We'll load the guns and muskets, and make ready generally for the blagguards, if they have the impidence to be there."
"Av it vas me last words it's speechless oi am," he stammered, and disappeared over the railing. She remained for a moment holding the door half open, and gazing into the darkness that seemed to flow in like a tide. Then she shut it, and going into her bedroom resumed her interrupted toilette.
And 'twere that dusty and hot oi did get mortal drouthy in my drawt and a niver had a drop in my water-bottle; I'd gied it all to the childer." "What about rations?" said the chaplain. "Oh I were bit leery i' my innerds at toimes, but oi had my emargency ration, and them A.S.C. chaps were pretty sprack; they kep up wi' us most times.
For quite a distance he remained profoundly silent, then turning to Paul he said: "Oi know the exact place the old devil manes. Though she didn't name the island she described it so closely that it is impossible to mishtake it.
Remember, Ikey, we don't know a livin' thing about that first periscope the lookouts spied." "Sure I won't tell," agreed the other. "It wasn't such a good joke after all, was it, Frenchy?" And Frenchy agreed with a solemn nod of his head. The Kennebunk shook throughout her structure at that moment and Ikey darted for the between-decks ladder. "Another submarine!" he shouted. "Oi, oi!"
There was a scuffling, a struggling in the corridor, cries and shouting, the sound of wood splintering, the blows of an axe, a rushing forward of heavy bodies and the trampling of feet. The doors burst open, and a cordon of police dashed over the wreckage, cursing, shouting and then stopped on the threshold, staring in amazement and panting with mouths wide open. "Oï! Oï! Týsyacha chertéi!"
Oi 'm imaginin' she hed sum doubts about yer comin', the way she spoke." "How do I get there?" "Through the winder of the parlur over thar sure, it 's a noice quiet spot fer a tate-a-tate." He got up, and peered through his glasses across the room. "Here, Moike; damn thet slapy head. Will one o' yer gents wake the lad that's it. Now come here, Moike. You run over to the Palace an' tell Mrs.
"The vendetta between valleys called umuhuke, or the Vengeance of the Oven, thus wiped out the people of Oi," commented Père Olivier. "The skulls were kept in banian-trees, or in the houses. Frère Fesal started the mission here and built that little church. There were plenty of people to work among. But now, after thirty years I have been here, they are nearly finished.
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