"He turned a whimsical face and very merry pair of blue eyes on Mr. Pinch."—Chap. v.
"Let us be merry." Here he took a captain's biscuit—Chap. v.
"Still a-bed," replied the boy; "I wish they wos still a-bed. They're very noisy a-bed; all calling for their boots at once"—Chap. viii.
"Oh Chiv, Chiv," murmured Mr. Tigg, "you have a nobly independent nature, Chiv"—Chap. vii.