"Bud an' Lefty, 'n' say, I guess they can handle you all right, eh? 'N' say, come on, let's cop a sneak before any one butts in—d' fire escape for ours, eh?"
"Sure!" said Spike, climbing through the window. "Oh, there ain't nobody goin' t' call Hermy Chesterton's brother a quitter."
"You bet there ain't!" grinned Larry, "come on, Kid!"
CHAPTER XX
OF AN EXPEDITION BY NIGHT
"Why, Mr. Geoffrey, what you settin' here in the dark for?"
"Is it dark, Mrs. Trapes?"
"My land! Can't you see as it's too dark t' see, and—oh, shucks, Mr. Geoffrey!"
"Certainly, Mrs. Trapes! But can't you see that the whole world—my world, anyway—is full of a refulgent glory, a magic light where nothing mean or sordid can possibly be, a light that my eyes never saw till now nor hoped to see, a radiance that may never fail, I hope—a—er—"