And if I give you up I lose a good 'prentice.

I can say thus much for you." "Then," said I, not heeding his flattery, "I had better go away myself." I never guessed he would take to this; but, to my surprise, he did.
"I and your mistress think so, too, Humphrey.

Whilst the hue and cry lasts you are better anywhere than here.

When it has ceased, you may safely return.

Meanwhile, as fortune will have it, I can employ you still in my service." Then he told me how he desired to send a letter to a friend of his at Oxford, which, being of the gravest importance, he wished delivered by a trusty messenger--as he took me to be.