I'd sooner our chiefs down East had kept that young man.

The job's not soft enough for him.

However, I s'pose he lighted the lamp across the bridge ?" "Willis has friends," Kemp remarked meaningly, and indicated a reflection behind the trees.

"The lamp's burning." Lister glanced at the trembling light.

"I expect it's good enough for the engineer, but the flame's not steady.