"You can't send a bloke up on th' say so of a Missin' Link," he said.

"You can't put a monkey in the witness box t' swear a man's character away." "I don't know," said the Professor.

"That's a delicate point of law, but we may as well have a word with the constable about it." The shearers didn't stay to take part in the consultation with the constable--Professor Thunder had not expected them to.

"They lit out in a great hurry," he explained to the Missing Link at lunch time.

"With a bit of engineering I might have shaken a few pounds out of them in the way of compensation.