But for them we should have moved our encampment.

'Why, of course, young gentlemen, if you want to eat the goose, we'll pluck it for you and cook it for you, all nice,' they said.
'How can young gentlemen do that for theirselves ?' It was clear to us we must have a fire for the goose.

Certain observations current among us about the necessity to remove the goose's inside, and not to lose the giblets, which even the boy who named them confessed his inability to recognize, inclined the majority to accept the woman's proposal.

Saddlebank said it was on our heads, then.
To revive his good humour, Temple uncorked a bottle of champagne.

The tramp-woman lent us a tin mug, and round it went.