"You'll hang higher than that, Pat, if you don't take care," I said.
"Go away, Pat," said the chief, "and don't hang on to door-handles and get so suspiciously near keyholes again."
"Oh no!" I said; "I arrest him in the Queen's name for being a companion of thieves, and assisting 'Thunder-and-Lightning' to escape."
"Be careful what you are doing, Wallace!" said the chief.
"Oh, I am very careful!" I said; "I've got a tight grip of him."
"The divil take him!" yelled Pat. "If I'd a blackthorn I'd shplit his head wid it."
"Would you kindly see what Pat was hiding in his drawer?" I said to the chief.
He went at once, Pat and I following.
"In that corner," said I, pointing to the left-hand side.
"Here is a £10 note," said the chief.