The Understudy - Night Watches, Part 3. by W. W. Jacobs
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"I'll go down to the front door," ses Peter, "and when I whistle, bring him down." Ginger stuck his 'ead out o' the window, and by and by, when Peter whistled, him and Sam took the dog downstairs and out into the street. "So far so good," ses Sam; "now, wot about brekfuss?" They 'ad their brekfuss in their usual coffeeshop, and the dog took bits from all of them. Unfortunately, 'e wasn't used to haddick bones, and arter two of the customers 'ad gorn out and two more 'ad complained to the landlord, they 'ad to leave their brekfusses and take 'im outside for a breath o' fresh air. "Now, wot are we going to do?" ses Ginger. "I'm beginning to be sick of the sight of 'im. 'Ave we got to lead 'im about all day on a bit o' string?" "Let's take 'im round the corner and lose 'im," ses Peter Russet. "You give me 'old o' that string," ses Sam. "If you don't want shares, that's all right. If I'm going to look arter 'im I'll 'ave it all." That made Ginger and Peter look at each other. Direckly Sam began to talk about money they began to think they might be losing something. "And wot about 'aving 'im in our bedroom and keeping us awake all night?" ses Peter. |
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