The captain cast me a dark and fleeting wink over his shoulder. "Poo! poo!" he sang: "hohum!
anybody in sight, major?"
"No; the road is all clear."
"What 's he goin' to give ye, Cap'n Pharo Kobbe, if ye win the bet?"
"Ye needn't keep on singin', Captain Pharo Kobbe; for the sake o' the company, I shan't ask ye nothin' more."
Saddened by this blight, his evil and surreptitious deed being accomplished, Captain Pharo backed out of the stream.