"Scorer!" said I, "by all that's wonderful!"
"WE STALKED AS MAJESTICALLY AS OUR CIRCUMSTANCES PERMITTED TOWARDS THE NOISY CROWD."
"William!" said Sawyer.
"Jos—-! No, by Jove! it is the other leg!"
"Now, William," said Mr. Sawyer, "what is the meaning of all this?"
The crooked little man's eyes brightened when he saw Mr. Sawyer.
"Mr. Sawyer, sir, I know no more than a babe unborn. I come in by the 10.30, and no sooner hadn't my foot touched the ground than these young gentlemen they gathered round me and began a arskin' what I meant by it, and then all them others came along. I dunno what's matter wi' em. Seems to me they're all gone crazy."
"Where's Joseph?"
"Why, ain't he 'ere? I left him 'ere when I went into h—orspital; and 'e said 'e'd keep things all shipshape till I come out."