Chapter 24
HOW THE OLD UN AND CERTAIN OTHERS HAD TEA "Old Un," said Joe, halting his aged companion in the middle of the second flight to wag a portentous finger, "Old Un, mind this now--if there should 'appen to be cake for tea, don't go makin' a ancient beast of yourself with it--no slippin' lumps of it into your pocket on the sly, mind, because if I ketch ye at it--" "Don't be 'arsh, Joe, don't be 'arsh! Cake comes soft t' me pore old teef." "An' mind this again--if there should be any jam about, no stickin' ye wicked old fingers into it an' lickin' 'em behind my back." "You lemme an' the jam alone, Joe; it's a free country, ain't it?--very well, then!" "Free country be blowed! You mind what I say, you venerable old bag of iniquity, you!" "'Niquity yerself!" snarled the Old Un, and snapping
- Writer
