He went into the kitchen again, but missed a step on the stairs and fell in a heap at the bottom, but without hurting himself.
"Vot's that?" cried Bobsey, coming out.
"I missed my pitch," replied Tommy. "Blame these stairs!"
"No bones broke, eh? and no damage done?"
"Oh, no."
"That's good. Yes, there is, though—you've busted some buttons. I knowed as 'ow you'd bust yer buttons."
Tommy looked at what Bobsey called the "badge," and saw that several buttons were missing.
"They'll have to buy you a new one," said Bobsey, consolingly. "Vell, vot did the old duffer want?"
"His chimney smokes, and they want me to stop it."
Bobsey's eyes twinkled with a delight he could not conceal.