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He glowered at her and let out a curse; but the girl was his match, though timmersome enough in an ordinary way. "Iss, iss," she said scornful-like; "I know the kind of coward you are, Mr. Phoby Geen.
The fawning sort cringe underfoot for favors, and the true breed of kindly folk are all o'erapt to pass the rich man by, verra scornful-like." He looked hard at Peter Johnson. "I am naming no names," he added. "As for my gear, it would be a queer thing if I could not do what I like with my own. Even a gay young birkie like yoursel' should understand that, Mr. Johnson.
“Every man he savvy that,” says Uma, scornful-like. “Give him white sand—bad sand. He got the bottle still. Suppose he give you gin, you no take him.” Now I had heard much the same sort of story in other islands, and the same white powder always to the front, which made me think the less of it.
"Every man he savvy that," says Uma, scornful-like. "Give him white sand bad sand. He got the bottle still. Suppose he give you gin, you no take him." Now I had heard much the same sort of story in other islands, and the same white powder always to the front, which made me think the less of it.
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