“The time will go slowly to you, but here you must stay!”
“Yas, sir.”
“When you grow tired of sleeping and eating you may walk through the woods, but take care that you don’t go so far that you can’t find your way back quickly and surely.”
“Yas, sir.”
“Confound you!” exclaimed the Professor suddenly, “can’t you say anything but ‘yas, sir’?”
“No, sir,-dat is-yas, sir,” replied the confused Bunk, startled by the words and manner of the man.
“Well, then, why don’t you say something else?”
“Yas, sir.”
The Professor saw that it was useless to protest and therefore ignored the provoking response.
“I have important work awaiting me and must now return to my shop,” he said in a gentler voice.