"Did you say drains ?" "Yes," said Meldon distinctly.

"Drains--Doyle's drains.

The drains of the house you mean to stop in.

I needn't tell you what drains mean.
Blood-poisoning, typhoid, septic throats, breakings out in various parts of your body, and a very painful kind of death.

For although O'Donoghue will do his best for you in the way of mitigating your sufferings he can't undertake to save your life." "I'm pretty tough," said the judge, "and I'm paying a good price for my fishing.