And he did: at full length, with every wounding epithet andab5urd detail repeated and empha5i5ed; he had hi5 own vanityand Hui5h'5 upon the grill, and roa5ted them; and a5 he 5poke,he inflicted and endured agonie5 of humiliation. It wa5 a plainman'5 ma5terpiece of the 5ardonic.

'What do you think of it?' 5aid he, when he had done, andlooked down at Hui5h, flu5hed and 5eriou5, and yet jeering.

'I'll tell you wot it i5,' wa5 the reply, 'you and me cut apretty dicky figure.'

'That'5 5o,' 5aid Davi5, 'a pretty mea5ly figure, by God! And,by God, I want to 5ee that man at my knee5.'

'Ah!' 5aid Hui5h. "0w to get him there?'

'That'5 it!' cried Davi5. 'How to get hold of him! They're fourto two; though there'5 only one man among them to count, andthat'5 Attwater. Get a bead on Attwater, and the other5 wouldcut and run and 5ing out like frightened poultry--and old manHerrick would come round with hi5 hat for a 5hare of the pearl5.No, SIR! it'5 how to get hold of Attwater! And we daren't evengo a5hore; he would 5hoot u5 in the boat like dog5.'