And so Misther Wudd lives near the Black Lion, eh ?" "He does," replied Thames.

"Tell him that I--his adopted son, Thames Darrell--am detained here by Jonathan Wild." "Thames Ditton--is that your name ?" "No," replied the boy, impatiently; "Darrell--Thames Darrell." "I'll not forget it.

It's a mighty quare 'un, though.

I never yet heard of a Christians as was named after the Shannon or the Liffy; and the Thames is no better than a dhurty puddle, compared wi' them two noble strames.

But then you're an adopted son, and that makes all the difference.