I wonder if Paddy saw them ?" "Shouldn't think so.

And they didn't see us.

I say, will they get in before us ?" "It'll be a shave if they do.

What a row there'll be if they don't!" It was a curious thing that almost immediately after this short dialogue Telson's cap fell off into the road, and the fly had to be pulled up while he and Parson got down and looked for it.

It was a dark night, and the cap took some time to find.