"What, can't 'ee find yer tongue? Now, hearken to me, and say what I say. If you please, Squire——"
"'If you please, Squire——'"
"I be truly thankful——"
"'I be truly thankful——'"
"As Maister Dick saved me from being drownded."
"'As Maister Dick saved me from being drownded.'"
"Purticler as I didn' deserve it."
"'Purticler as I didn' deserve it.'"
"Good now! I mean it, sir, and so do he. And I've brought 'ee a keg of cognac and a tin o' bacca—bought with honest money, Squire; and I axe 'ee to take 'em as a little small offering from a man who's a feyther like as you be."
"Thank you, my man," said the Squire, his face kindling with pleasure. "I appreciate your thanks, and so will Dick: and I shall appreciate your gift, I assure you. Jake isn't much the worse for his ducking, I can see."