But Walter was now at deadly grips with the man who had forgotten his miner's lamp.
"I tell you I never used Saturnalia in that sense at all!——"
But the miner stood his ground.
"Happen ye didn't, but I'll ask ye one question: Have ye ever been to Blackpool of a August Bank Holiday?——"
"My good man, you talk as if I proposed to do something with the stroke of a pen, to-morrow, before the world's ready for it——"
"Have ye ever been to Blackpool of a Bank Holiday?"
"What on earth has Blackpool to do with it?——"
"Well, we'll say Owdham Wakes week at t' Isle o' Man—Douglas——"
"Pooh! You've got hold of the wrong idea altogether! Do you know what Saturnalia means?——"
"I know there's a man on Douglas Head, at twelve o'clock i' t' day, wi' t' sun shining, going round wi' a stick an' prodding 'em up an' telling 'em to break away——"