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wunt forgit in a hurry ; 'twas desprit work. But this 

 'ere bit o' business sets that aside clean. Jim ! what 

 are ye sniggerin' about? what's in the wind now, 

 ticklin' yer fancy that way ? 



' Oh, nuthin' pertickler. Is Ginger and Nipper 

 quiet ? ' 



' No, they ain't ; I thinks as they'd like ter fall 

 foul o' that 'ere sack.' 



' Well, I dessay they wud ; for this 'ere warmint 

 has cum round agin, an' is tearin' an' scratchin' like 

 mad. It do take a lot to wind a badger's clock up, 

 that it do ! ' 



' Jim, when we've sin to the dogs, you come up 

 an' hev a pint o' the best cider.' 



