"Not for long, however." "It don't take a minute, sir, to do the mischief.

I had one myself, years before you were born, Mr.Lionel.On a day as hot as this, I was out in my garden, here, at the back of this cottage.

I had gone out without my hat, and was standing over my pig, watching him eat his wash, when I felt something take my head--such a pain, sir, that I had never felt before, and never wish to feel again.

I went indoors, and Robin, who might be a boy of five, or so, looked frightened at me, my face was so red.

I couldn't hold my head up, sir; and when the doctor came, he said it was a sun-stroke.