"That is true--and then, those green cloth policemen look so funny when one upsets them.

I wish I had a few here." "You have not heard the last of your merry-making yet," said Fischelowitz, who was standing in the doorway.

"If I had not got you out this morning you would still be in the police-station." "There is something in that," observed Schmidt.

"If he were not out, he would still be in." "Well, if I were, I should still be asleep," said Dumnoff.

"That would not be so bad, after all." "You may be there again before long," suggested Fischelowitz.