"Now I wonder if anythink will 'appen before Ole Whiskers gets up in the mornin'," mused Bindle as he descended the stairs to his room.
CHAPTER X
THE DOWNFALL OF MR. JABEZ STIFFSON
I
The next morning Bindle let Mrs. Sedge in at her usual time, seven o'clock.
"Now mind, mother," he said, "four eggs and plenty o' bacon an' coffee, Number Six 'as got a appetite; 'ad no supper, pore gal."
Mrs. Sedge grunted. Kilburn Cemetery had a depressing effect upon her.
"I'll take it up myself," remarked Bindle casually.
Mrs. Sedge eyed him deliberately.