Albert. The slip, all three of them. The fellows with the gold spots on their foreheads. I had the ruby then and I give them the slip in Hull.
Bill. How did you do it, Albert?
Albert. I had the ruby and they were following me....
Bill. Who told them you had the ruby? You didn't show it.
Albert. No.... But they kind of know.
Sniggers. They kind of know, Albert?
Albert. Yes, they know if you've got it. Well, they sort of mouched after me, and I tells a policeman and he says, O, they were only three poor niggers and they wouldn't hurt me. Ugh! When I thought of what they did in Malta to poor old Jim.
Bill. Yes, and to George in Bombay before we started.
Sniggers. Ugh!
Bill. Why didn't you give 'em in charge?