"Who? Father? Yes, he used to lay it on pretty thick when I was a young un like you."
"Jan Lamiger, I mean."
"Oh, that's it, is it? And what do you know about Jan Lamiger, may I ask?"
"Tony told me. He says Jan Lamiger has got two black eyes and a green nose. Oh! don't I wish I'd seen it! Just don't I!"
"Well, my young cockchafer, you hold your tongue about it. I don't want it all over the country that a king's officer has been sparring with a lout like Jan Lamiger."
"All right. You needn't be stuck up about it. Did he go squash?"
"Your language is not very choice, Master Bastable. Hullo! There's Gudgeon's chimney on fire again."
"It's always on fire."
"What do you mean?"
"So it is—in the winter."