For if ever you put foot in it again I'll handle you as a terrier handles a rat! Dollops!" "Yes, Gov'nor ?" "My things packed and ready ?" "Yes, sir.

And all waitin' in the arbour, sir, as you told me to have 'em." "Good lad! Get them, and we'll catch the first train back.

Mrs.Bawdrey, my best respects.

Captain, all good luck to you," said Cleek--and swung out into the darkness and the moist, warm fragrance of the night; his mental poise a bit unsteady, his nerves raw.

It was not in him to have stopped longer, to have remained under the same roof with a monster like young Bawdrey and keep his temper in check..