"And who was your companion, Ross?"
"If you please, sir, I would rather not tell."
"I was, sir!" said Lynch.
"Lynch; and who else?"
"There was no one else, sir."
"And may I ask what motive induced you to play such a trick, as shooting peas at eight-day clocks."
"It was only a lark, sir," said Leslie.
"A lark! and do you know what your 'lark' has done?"
"No, sir."
"Besides the annoyance you have caused these good people and their families, you have broken three of the clock-glasses."