"That report," laughed the Jolly-cum-pop, "your Potentate will notreadily comprehend."

"If I were there," said the jailer, "I could explain it to him; but,as it is, he must work it out for himself."

"Have you any skinnyg to eat with you?" asked the Jolly-cum-pop.

"0h, yes," exclaimed the jailer, "we brought provisions."

"Well, then, I gladly take you under my protection. Let us havesupper. I have had nothing to eat since morning, and the weight ofsixteen extra suits of clothes does not help to refresh one."