“No, sir, and nobody else could, talking like that.”
“No, of course not. That’s why I said could I trust you. Scar and Sir Godfrey and Nat must be all safe.”
“Do you know what you are talking about, sir, or are you a bit off your head?”
“I’m as clear-headed as you are, man. Look there!”
“Yes, sir, I’m a-looking, and there’s a heap o’ sere ’ood with a bit of a hole in it.”
“Yes; some one has been through there.”
“What, do you think he has made himself another hole?”
“Yes, Samson.”
Fred gave a quick, excited look round, but they were alone in the patch of forest.
“Yes, sir, I’m a-listening.”