“I won’t much, only it stops my head from going round. I just want to say—”
“Yes, I know; but I have been watching a deal while you slept.”
“What for?” cried the boy.
“To make sure that the enemy did not surprise us.”
“Ah, you are a good chap,” said the boy, pressing his wrist.
“And I am very tired, and when you talk my head begins to go round too.”
“Does it? Well, then, I won’t say much; only I have got this into my head, and something seems to make me tell you.”
“Leave it till to-morrow morning, then.”
“No; it must come now, for fear I should forget it. What you have to do is to go to your uncle like an officer and a gentleman—”
“Punch, Punch!”