I never liked the shop--did you, Charley ?' 'Well, I must say I think we have been very comfortable here, under Mr.Snape,' said Charley.

But if Mr.Snape is to go, why the office certainly would be deuced dull without him.' 'Charley!' said the broken-hearted young navvy, in a tone of reproach.
Sorrow, however, did not take away their appetite, and as Mr.
Snape did not see fitting occasion for providing a banquet, they clubbed together, and among them managed to get a spread of beefsteaks and porter.

Scatterall, as requested, went across the Strand to order it at the cookshop, while Corkscrew and Charley prepared the tables.

'And now mind it's the thing,' said Dick, who, with intimate familiarity, had penetrated into the eating-house kitchen; 'not dry, you know, or too much done; and lots of fat.' And then, as the generous viands renewed their strength, and as the potent stout warmed their blood, happier ideas came to them, and they began to hope that the world was not all over.

'Well, I shall try for the Customs,' said the unhappy one, after a deep pull at the pewter.