"I niver mind yous talkin'.

It goes in one ear an' out of the other." Mrs Partridge bounced out of the shop in a rage, but next day she came back to tell Pinkey that she had found the very house in Surry Hills for a shilling a week less rent.

She stayed long enough to frighten the life out of Pinkey by telling her that she had heard that Jack Ryan was well rid of the horse, because it had a habit of bolting and breaking the driver's neck.

Chook found Pinkey trembling for his safety, and determined to put a stop to these annoyances.

He disappeared for a whole day, and when Pinkey wanted to know where he had been, he told her to wait and see.