"'So we brought it along,' ses Ginger. 'I 'ope you're enjoying of your brekfuss, Sam.'
"Sam took the 'ankercher and thanked 'em very perlite, and arter standing there for a minute or two as if they wanted to say something they couldn't remember, they sheered off. When Sam left the place 'arf-an- hour afterwards they was still hanging about, and as Sam passed Ginger asked 'im if he was going for a walk.
"'Walk?' ses Sam. 'Cert'nly not. I'm going to bed; I didn't 'ave a good night's rest like you and your lodger.'
"He went back 'ome, and arter taking off 'is coat and boots got into bed and slept like a top till one o'clock, when he woke up to find Ginger shaking 'im by the shoulders.
"'Wot's the matter?' he ses. 'Wot are you up to?'
"'It's dinner-time,' ses Ginger. 'I thought p'r'aps you'd like to know, in case you missed it.'
"'You leave me alone,' ses Sam, cuddling into the clothes agin. 'I don't want no dinner. You go and look arter your own dinners.'
"He stayed in bed for another 'arf-hour, listening to Peter and Ginger telling each other in loud whispers 'ow hungry they was, and then he got up and put 'is things on and went to the door.
"'I'm going to get a bit o' dinner,' he ses. 'And mind, I've got my pocket 'ankercher.'