that is, not the respectable ones.' 'Take the opinion of the respectable ones for your standard of behaviour in future.' 'It was a mere trial of skill, sir, to prove to one of the spectators, that I could be as good as my word.

I wished I may say, to conciliate him, partly.

He would not--he judged by size--credit me with...

he backed my adversary Jerry Scroom--a sturdy boxer, without the knowledge of the first principles.' 'You beat him ?' 'I think I taught the man that I could instruct, sir; he was complimentary before we parted.

He thought I could not have lasted.
After the second round, the police appeared.' 'And you ran!' 'No, sir; I had nothing on my conscience.' 'Why not have had your pugilistic display in a publican's room in town, where you could have hammer-nailed and ding-donged to your heart's content for as long as you liked!' 'That would have been preferable, from the point of view of safety from intrusion, I can admit-speaking humbly.