Everybody 'round here knew it 'cept him and the light-keeper, and he's so durned lazy he never once dropped on to 'em.

He'd git bounced if the Gov'ment found out he was lettin' a gang run the House o' Refuge whenever they felt like it.

Fogarty, the fisherman's, got the key, or oughter have it, but the light-keeper's responsible, so I hearn tell.

Git-up, Billy," and the talk drifted into other channels.
The incident was soon forgotten.

One young man more or less did not make much difference in Warehold.