“Well, I shouldn’t call it nonsense,” said the man, thoughtfully, as he took his pipe out of his mouth and sat thinking.
“What do you call it, then?” said Joe.
“Mellancolly, sir, that’s what I call it—mellancolly.”
“Because it won’t work?” cried Joe.
“But it would work, wouldn’t it?” said Gwyn.
“Oh, yes, sir, it would work,” said the man, “because the engine would pump it up and down.”
“Of course it would,” said Joe; “but what’s the use of having a thing that pumps up and down, unless it’s to bring up water?”
“Ay, but this is a thing as pumps men up and down,” said Dinass.
“Gammon! It’s impossible.”
Dinass looked at him in astonishment.