"The mule is to you?"
"The mule bean't nowt to me."
"Where you go then?"
"What's that to you, mister?"
"What for you—?"
"Now look here, mister, doan't ye be too inquisitive. Axing me forty questions indeed. See then, I'll punch your head, iss a wull, if ye—"
Jack burst out laughing.
"Well, Giles," he said, "that's a compliment to my disguise at any rate. Have you got the packet for me?"
"Yes, sir," said Ogbourne, springing to his feet with a sheepish grin. "Beg pardon, sir, but I took you for a Don."
"I know you did. Well now, get back to quarters, and don't say a word to anybody about where I have gone. If you are asked about me—and no doubt you will be—just say that I have been sent on an errand by the general."