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Jerry caught the inspector as he came out of Mr Draycott's study, and signalled him into the pantry. "Then you did nothing?" he said. "Yes, we did," said the inspector, grimly; "we saved our lives, which was about all we could do. I only went for the name of the thing, Mr Brigley thankye, I'll say port. Of course, I went ah! very nice full glass or wine.
"All right, sir, all right; and thankye heartily for what you say. Why, dear lad, you make as much fuss over me, and my damaged post, as if it was your uncle, or your father, or somebody else. It's very good of you, Mr Dale, sir." "Are you stopping to hargy anything, Neb, old man?" cried Barney, who had returned. "No, mate, I arn't." "Well, then, come on.
"I think I shall be out of this on Monday, sir," he said to Wemmick. "Perhaps," returned my friend, "but there's no knowing." "I am glad to have the chance of bidding you good by, Mr. Wemmick," said the man, stretching out his hand between two bars. "Thankye," said Wemmick, shaking hands with him. "Same to you, Colonel." "If what I had upon me when taken had been real, Mr.
"Very likely, Jem," said Don, laughing. "Ah, and as soon as you'd done it, `thankye, my lad, says the tiger, `that tooth's been so bad that I haven't made a comf'table meal for days, so here goes." "And then he'd eat me, Jem." "That's so, my lad." "Ah, well, this isn't a tiger, Jem." "Why, he's wuss than a tiger, Mas' Don; because he do know better, and tigers don't."
I wish I could go to sleep too." "Well, try," said Frank. "Try, sir? What, to wake up with a bump, and sit in the sand seeing this ridgment of legs and shadows going off in the distance? No, thank you, sir. They tell me there's lions and jackals and hyaenas out here. No, thankye, sir; I'm going to fight it out."
But his voice sounded dull and stifled, and in spite of his strength Tom's position gave him so great an advantage that he was able to keep him down. "Mind, mind, Tom," whispered Aleck; "you are smothering him." "And a precious good thing too, Master Aleck. He'll say thankye when he knows. Why, if I let him have his own way he'd lie still, will yer? want to have the press-gang down upon us.
"No; it would come best from you: so say something at once." "All right," said Lynton, clearing his throat with a good cough, and turning to the men. "Look here, my lads. Would you mind taking the helm for a few minutes, Mr Brace? Thankye. Look here, my lads."
"You may trust us, Bob," I said. "Ay, ay, my lad, I will, and the least thing as you can do is to trust me and my mates." "I will, Bob, and I'm sure Mr Frewen will, but we couldn't help thinking you were a traitor." "Course you couldn't, lad. On'y nat'ral. But you see now as it was on'y make-believe." "There's my hand, Hampton," said Mr Frewen. "Thankye kindly, sir.
"Or even next day?" "Well, sir, I hayve knowed 'em go on mouldering and smouldering for days and days." "A week, perhaps?" "Oh yes, sir, quite a week." "Thankye, Tom," said Barkins, giving me a nudge with his elbow. "I thought you'd know. Nothing like going to a man who has had plenty of experience."
Morgan drove his spade down into the earth, took my hand, and shook it solemnly, Pomp, who had ceased sneezing, looking on wonderingly the while. "Thankye, Master George, thankye, sir; so she is so she is." Pomp came forward and held out his hand. "Well, what now?" growled Morgan. "Tought Mass' Morgan want shake hand," said the boy. "Get out with you, sir.
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