"Yes, yes, Neil! Hush! Be still! There are people coming. Merciful heavens! That fire will bring the whole town out upon us."
"I showed them, the villains! the scoundrels! the despicable curs! They are not used to the ways of gentlemen, eh, Seth?"
"Yes, yes, but do be still! Do, do be still!"
"I showed them how a gentleman acts—"
The man was as drunk as a lord, but in his thick ravings there was a fixed idea that sent a thrill of apprehension running through me.
"Uncle Seth," I gasped, "Uncle Seth, what has he done?"
"Quick! quick! We must hurry!"
"What has he done?"
"Come, come, Joe, never mind that now!"