The scene that followed has already been half described. The explosion of the double-barrelled blunder was soon over; and then the little railway clerk was welcomed by the Sandboys as heartily as he had been kicked by the Major, while the Detective was as well received by the Major, as he had been insulted by the Sandboys.
CHAPTER IX.
“Oh, man! oh, man! what pity ’tis,
That what we whop our heeghest bliss
Sud disappoint us; nay, what’s worse,
Sae oft turns out a real curse.
It shows man’s want o’ fworeseeght truly,
In not consideran’ matters duly.”
Tom Knott.