"I wouldn't baulk myself now for a thousand pound.

Hey! fancy turning her out such a night as this without sixpence in her pocket.

Why, a man like you, that all the county knows, a man who has got two gold medals for bravery, ain't surely afraid of a thunderstorm ?" "I ain't afraid of the thunderstorm, but I am of the rheumatism," said the other.

"As for a thunderstorm, you're as safe out of doors as in; some say safer.

But you're mistaken if you suppose I don't fear death, Hawker.