"Er—Samuel"—I thought at first he was going to say "Inglethwaite," and was prepared to drop a flower-pot on his head if he did; but he continued, with the air of one offering a real bargain at the price—"Phillipps."
"Two P's?" inquired the constable.
"Three," said Dicky.
The policeman rolled a threatening eye upon him.
"Be careful!" he said in an awful voice.
"One of them comes at the beginning," said Dicky meekly.
"Haw, haw!" roared several people in the crowd, which was unfortunate for Dicky. He was one of those people who would risk a kingdom to raise a laugh.
"Address?" continued the policeman.
"Buck'nam Pallis!" shouted Coaldust, before any one else in the crowd could say it.
The policeman turned and directed upon him a look that would have entirely obfuscated a soberer man.