“Rise, Sir Charle——”
“Stop, stop!” he cried; “don’t turn a day constable into a knight.”
GIVE AND TAKE.
“Back to your beat,” said she, majestically.
“I think it’s rather beat to my back,” replied he, although, curiously enough, he did not appear at all discomposed or hurt.
“Take yourself up.”
“We take others up, not ourselves; besides, you’ve battened me down.”
“Oh, you downy fellow!”
“Yes, you can’t get a rise out of me, that’s plain.”