Oh, they're regular beauties." "Rather roughish sort of Johnnies, eh ?" said the Englishman.

"But we might go and see the dancing--no harm in that." Pinnock said he had to go back to his office; the globe-trotter didn't care about going out at night; and the Bo'sun tried to laugh the thing off.

"You don't catch me going," he said.

"There's nothing to be seen--just a lot of flash young rowdies dancing.

You'll gape at them, and they'll gape at you, and you'll feel rather a pair of fools, and you'll come away.