"Noddings, Parney—shust noddings at all. Now vot you got to told me apout dot leetle schob down pelow?"
"A good deal, so prepare yourself to listen."
"Vill it dake a goot vhile, Parney?"
"Some little time. Why?"
"Pecause, I vosn't anxious to stay in this hole any longer than vos necessary."
"Well, the fact is, in order to act intelligently in the future, you have got to know exactly how matters stand at present."
"Dot fellow vos dead fast enough, eh?"
"Great Cæsar! yes."
"Und I subbose dot rich young duffer vos ready to bay vot he agreed like an honest man, eh?"
"Of course."