You don't go down that well without a rope round you.

Fetch Bunce," he said, addressing Ike.
"If I can't do my work my own way," said the plumber sharply, "I sha'n't do it at all." He started up, threw on his jacket, and went off after Ike, while Mr Solomon stood thinking.
"Such idiocy!" he exclaimed.

"The well isn't safe, and he wants to run unnecessary risks.

I suppose he'll come back," he muttered.

"Perhaps I shall have to fetch him.