No answer, of course, was given, and we waited until the parcel should be detached from the string.
For about five minutes it remained untouched, during which period the holder tried to attract the attention of the prisoner by sundry spasmodic jerkings of the string.

At length the fish did bite.

Without a word the parcel was detached from the string.

We turned to go.
"Plate, knife, and fork in the cupboard," cried out Smith, as we did so.
"You don't mean to say," said Rathbone, as we went along, "that you've put a knife and fork for her ?" "Yes, I have," said Smith, in a manner which did not encourage the truculent Rathbone to pursue the subject.
The feeding of the two masters was a longer process.

For to reach their door it was necessary to climb over a perfect jungle of desks and chairs piled up against it; and when reached it was discovered that the glass ventilator, which usually stood open, had been shut and fastened inside.
But Smith was not to be baulked by a trifle.