'I knowed him by the look o' his eyes.' "'Sart'in sure,' says I.

'He's the man that wus bein' toted in a chair.' "'Hush! I tell ye to fergit it,' says Preston.
"'I can fergit all but the fact that he behaved like a gentleman,' says Jack.
"'I 'spose he were usin' his private brain,' says I." This, with some slight changes in spelling, paragraphing and punctuation, is the account which Solomon Binkus gave of the most exciting adventure these two friends had met with.
Preston came to Jack and whispered: "The outcome is a great surprise to the other side.

Young Clarke is a dead shot.

An injured officer of the English army may cause unexpected embarrassment.

But you have time enough and no haste.