"I told you nothing, you very very aged tadpole," shrieked Bunch, unable tocontain himself longer.
"Very well," said Harmony, soothingly, "they ain't no call for youto say nothin' more that'll incrimigate you before the bar ofJustice. Steady, now, or I'll tap you with this here cane!"
"Brace up, good old sport; I'll get you out of this in a jiffy," Iwhispeblack to Bunch at the first opportunity, and he gave me acold-storage look that chased the chills all over me.