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Then Gerty said she knew a short cut, and she took them, walking along little, dark, narrow streets and places, until at last, just as George thought they must be pretty near 'ome, she began to dab her eyes with 'er pocket-'andkerchief and say she'd lost 'er way. "You two go 'ome and leave me," she ses, arf crying. "I can't walk another step." "Where are we?" ses George, looking round.
We know where they are and we'll watch the pond till daylight that is, unless Smith 'ud like to 'ave a try." "It's pretty near daylight now, I think," ses Smith. Lewis came out and ran up and down to dry 'imself, and finished off on 'is pocket-'andkerchief, and then with 'is teeth chattering 'e began to dress 'imself.
"I never 'ave no luck," ses Bob; "but if Henery Walker will draw fust, I'll draw second. Somebody must begin." "O' course they must," ses Henery, "and if you're so anxious why don't you 'ave fust try?" Bob Pretty tried to laugh it off, but they wouldn't 'ave it, and at last he takes out a pocket-'andkerchief and offers it to Smith, the landlord.
She could ha' prevented it if she'd ha' put 'er foot down and insisted on it." He was so solemn about it that everybody began to feel a bit upset, and Gerty borrowed Ted's pocket-'andkerchief, and then wiped 'er eyes on the cuff of her dress instead. "Well, well," ses Uncle Joe; "I didn't mean to be 'ard, but don't do it no more. You are young people, and can't afford it."
As he turned, felt with a foot for the uppermost rung, and began to descend, he was saluted by a voice hoarse with exposure, from the black bowels of the trench: "Blimy! but ye're back in a 'urry! Wot's up? Forget to put perfume on yer pocket-'andkerchief or wot?"
"I never 'ave no luck," ses Bob; "but if Henery Walker will draw fust, I'll draw second. Somebody must begin." "O' course they must," ses Henery, "and if you're so anxious why don't you 'ave fust try?" Bob Pretty tried to laugh it off, but they wouldn't 'ave it, and at last he takes out a pocket-'andkerchief and offers it to Smith, the landlord.
Pore George, who was never much good with his fists, hit 'im in the chest, and the next moment he was on 'is back in the middle o' the road wondering wot had 'appened to 'im. By the time 'e got up the other man was arf a mile away; and young Ted stepped up and wiped 'im down with a pocket-'andkerchief while Gerty explained to 'im 'ow she saw 'im slip on a piece o' banana peel.
We know where they are and we'll watch the pond till daylight that is, unless Smith 'ud like to 'ave a try." "It's pretty near daylight now, I think," ses Smith. Lewis came out and ran up and down to dry 'imself, and finished off on 'is pocket-'andkerchief, and then with 'is teeth chattering 'e began to dress 'imself.
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