A couple of revolvers were being pointed at him."
"Where's that?"
"In Berkshire."
"You're not a thief?"
"No--o, sir."
In his present society Bertie positively felt ashamed to own it. He perhaps felt that these gentlemen might resent it as a slight upon their profession.
"Have you run away from home?"
"Ye--es, sir."
"What for?"
"Fu--fun, sir."