But no one can ever tell what strange things may happen to them, at any time." "When father's along," added Corny.
This was all nuts to the shoemaker, for we gave him more money for his second trip down the well.

I hope this didn't put the idea into his head of shutting people down below, and making their friends come after them, and pay extra.
"There are some things about Mr.Chipperton that I like," said Rectus, as we walked home together.
"Yes," said I, "some things." "I like the cool way in which he takes bad fixes," continued Rectus, who had a fancy for doing things that way himself.

"Don't you remember that time he struck on the sand-bank.

He just sat there in the rain, waiting for the tide to rise, and made no fuss at all.

And here, he kept just as cool and comfortable, down in that dungeon.