"These Carlists? Well, I don't know—seems to me they want to make some money out of us."
"Why did they let all the Spaniards go and kik-kik-capture us?"
"Oh, well, they think as we're English we'll probably have more money about us than their own countrymen, and be safer plunder also."
"Did-did-do you think they'll go so far as to pip-pup-plunder us?" asked Russell, in a voice of horror.
"Haven't a doubt of it."
"Oh Lord!" groaned the other.
"What's the matter?"
Russell gave a fresh groan.
"This kik kik-cursed kik-kik-country!" he at length ejaculated.
"Oh, well," said Harry, "it isn't the country, it's the people."