Rip.
Dat's a fact! Ha, ha, ha!
Vedder.
But, Rip, where have you been?
Rip.
Oh, very hard at work[10]—very busy; dere is nothing slipped [fun my fingers as was come at abe.][11]
Rory.
They appear to have slipped through your game bag though, for it's full of emptiness.—Ha, ha, ha!
Rip.
Ho, ho, ho! cut no jokes at my bag or I'll gib you de sack.