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"Now yer arskin'," he said with a grin. "Well, who did?" persisted William. "That 'ud be tellin'," answered his new friend, moving unsteadily from one foot to the other. "See?" "You got 'em cut off in the war," said William firmly. "I didn't. I bin in the wor orl right. Stroike me pink, I bin in the wor and that's the truth. But I didn't get 'em cut orf in the wor. Well, I'll stop kiddin' yer.
Oi wud do betther to whack a man wid a shillelah. And fwhere is the flint to stroike foire?" "O, the flintlock's played out, you flannel-mouthed Irishman," said Shorty irritably. "It's as out-of-date as a bow and arrer. This's a percussion-lock; don't you understand? This is a cap. You stick it right on this nipple, an' when the hammer goes down off goes your gun. Don't you see?"
For we'll all be riding out to did you say Viewcrest Inn?" "Yes, ma'am. Very good, ma'am. Thank you!" He went away thinking to himself. He thought in cockney: "My Gawd! w'at a milit'ry genius! She dictites a horder loike a Proosian general. I'm beginnin' to fink she's gowing to do milord the mokkis prahd. There's no daht abaht it. Stroike me, if there is."
Langmore went on wid her quarrel sure, an' she had the divil's own tongue, so she had. Thin she must have caught hould av Miss Margaret, fer Oi heard the girrul cry out to lit go or she'd stroike her down. Thin there was more wurruds, hotter an' hotter, an' Mrs. Langmore said she would make the girrul mind as sure as fate, an' thin Miss Margaret got roused up an' she said fer Mrs.
"Just so," replied O'Shea, imperturbable; "there is more than ye can understand, and I offer ye a free passage to a safe place. Haven't ye wits enough about ye to take it and be thankful?" "I will not turn my back." Caius reiterated his defiance. "And ye'll stroike out with yer fist at whatever comes to harm ye?
"Some would say more, some less. Some would want half, but that is overdoing it. How does a thousand pound stroike you? Yes, I think we may put it at a thousand pounds." "You want a thousand pounds?" "Ged, I've been wanting it all me life. The difference is that I'm going to git it now." "And for what?" "Sure, for silence for neutrality. We're all in it now, and there's a fair division of labour.
"Oh, stroike me pink! That's good, that is. You wait, young gent, you wait till you've growed up and see what yer pa says to it. Oh 'ell!" He rose and pulled his cap down over his eyes. "Well, I'll say good day to yer, young gent." William looked at him wistfully. "I'd like to see you again, Mr. Blank, I would, honest. Will you be here this afternoon?"
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