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"She said it was just what she would have expected of you." Charteris burst into a roar of laughter. "Oh, poor old beggar! and he ain't jealous, not a bit! Never mind, Hal; when you have pulled me out of a hole, I shall have to praise you up to her, and won't it go against the grain! Ray-ther just a few! But has the fair lady lent an ear to slander?
But give me your hand, old boy, and let me haul you up to take part in this epicurean meal." "You're in spirits to-day, Bob," observed Gerrard, with a mighty yawn, as he accepted the tin cup. "Ray-ther, just a few! There's a rare good fight in front of us, Hal or else a very fine piece of strategy, which is almost as satisfactory when you have women to look after.
Take your toddy, and let's have a touch of moral drunkenness." "You ray-ther have me on the hip, S th." "Ay, just so; and if I should kick you there, you would not say the pain was a moral thing. All through the same. It's just where and when we don't know the medium we say things are moral and spiritual, and poetical and rational, and all the rest of the humbug."
I'd get the Noogate Calendar, that's what I'd do." "You can read, then?" "Ray-ther; oh no, not me." "Can you read writing?" "In corse." "Do you always go to the post with the letters?" "In corse." "Do you ever see any addressed to Mrs Cruden or Mr Cruden in London?" "'Bout once a week. That there sekketery always gives 'em to me separate, and says I'm to be sure and post 'em."
Ain't it ray-ther better to cover yourself with glory by producing the missing Sher Singh than by indulging a revengeful temper to put it out of your power to capture him? Old boy, he can't keep you out of despatches then! And the best of it is that you and I must do the thing all on our own hook, for the very good reason that we are both sworn not to reveal the secret of the treasury to a soul.
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