“‘And I knows your goin’s on over the way, you trollope,’ bawled master.
“‘I’ll kill that woman,’ cried one.
“‘And I’ll murder Brisket!’ said the other.
“‘It’s false, you villain! I defy you to prove your words. But you know my suspicions are well founded,’ exclaimed the wife.
“‘It’s false, you hussy! and you know it,’ shouted the husband.
“‘I had the intelligence from the best authority, sir.’
“‘I had mine from a source that dared not deceive me, madam.’
“‘Who told you?’ was simultaneously asked by both; and ‘Boggle!’ was the reply in almost the same breath. Immediately they turned upon me. I could see master’s eye lookin’ at me as if he was about to walk down my throat; and missus—but it’s only necessary to say that I made a sudden bolt between master’s legs, managed to tumble him over her; and while they were sprawlin’ together, I was crossin’ all manner o’ streets, at a pace that sent every body out o’ my way. That was the end o’ my ’prenticeship; and thus my good intentions were so ’bominably frusterated.”