"I wish the Professor would bet out of this hole," he said.

"If that terrific creature discovers the truth, I am lost." Nickie had not left the cage all night, preferring to sleep in his skin rather than risk a sudden descent on the part of the enemy.
"What'd yeh do it fer ?" said the Skeleton; "a great lath-an'-plaster she-emu like that, too." "Not having anything else to do, Matthew," moaned the Missing Link.

"I always was tender with women." "Well, yiv gotter look out, ol' man.

If she nails yer, yer a gone link, that's er cert." "For two pins I'd retire from the profession," said Nickie.

"It exposes a man to too much temptation." The lorn widow did not appear that morning.