"Bedad, sorr, that's what comes uv being too clever by half."
"It comes of playing with things he knows nothing about. He's tried an engineer's job without experience and without surveying instruments. It's ticklish work interfering with the course of nature, and you never know what will happen if you set water on the run. Look at them, Barney! 'Pon my soul, it's the funniest thing I've ever seen. There's Elbel himself, do you see? scampering down the hill like a madman."
"Like a mad gorilla, sorr."
"And all his men after him! By Jove! can't they yell! He'll have to shift his quarters again, Barney."
"And sure I hope all his food is soaked and all his clothes in the wash-tub. A bath will do those greasy niggers no harm."
"We'll build up our blockhouse a few yards to the left, and be none the worse. Let's go and lend a hand."
[[1]] Now.
[[2]] Who did it?
The master of the house,
A most clever person.