Who be you, I should like to know ?" "Never you mind, farmer," answered Holmes.

"And now I'll just tell you what it is: you ought to be ashamed of yourself for leaving all that poultry about, with no one to watch it, so near the School.

You deserve to have it all stolen.

So if you choose to come up to the Doctor with them, I shall go with you, and tell him what I think of it." The farmer began to take Holmes for a master; besides, he wanted to get back to his flock.

Corporal punishment was out of the question, the odds were too great; so he began to hint at paying for the damage.