I know a trick that's quite safe--bin thinkin' about it all the afternoon.' If Dick were quite sure it was safe, and if there were not the smallest possible chance of their complicity being disclosed, Jacker and Ted were quite agreeable.

Peterson was always agreeable for adventure, however absurd.

Dick explained: 'Hamlet's gone down to the pub.

He's sure to get screwed to-night.
There's a fool feller there from McInnes, knockin' down a cheque an' shoutin' mad.

Hamlet'll get his share in spite of all, an' he'll be as tight as a brick by ten o'clock.