They--" "By the way," asked Gavin, "when your Pop came back from finding the tunnel, last night, was he in pretty bad shape?
Hey?
Was he ?" "He were," responded the captive, after another scared look at Simon Cameron.

"He done fell into the tunnel, arter he step down it.

An' he bust hisself up, suthin' fierce, round the haid an' the th'oat.

He--" "I see," agreed Brice.
Then, to Standish: "I think we've got about all out of the charming child that we can expect to.

Suppose we throw him out ?" "Throw him out ?" echoed Milo, incredulously.