What would they say at Stunin'tun--what would your own consort think of an act so unmanly ?" "Why, at Stunin'tun, we think him the smartest who gets the easiest out of any difficulty; and I don't well see why Miss Poke should know it--or, if she did, why she should think the worse of her husband, for saving his life." "Away with these unworthy thoughts, and brace yourself to meet the trial.

We shall, at least, get some insight into the Leaphigh jurisprudence.

Come, I see you are already dressed for the occasion; let us be as prompt as duellists." Noah made up his mind to submit with dignity; although he lingered in the great square, in order to study the clouds, in a way to show he might have settled the whole affair with the fore-topsail, had he known where to find his crew.

Fortunately for the reputations of all concerned, however, he did not; and, discarding everything like apprehension from his countenance, the sturdy mariner entered the Old Bailey with the tread of a man and the firmness of innocence.

I ought to have said sooner, that we had received notice early in the morning, that the proceedings had been taken from before the pages, on appeal, and that a new venue had been laid in the High Criminal Court of Leaphigh.
Brigadier Downright met us at the door; where also a dozen grave, greasy-looking counsellors gathered about us, in a way to show that they were ready to volunteer in behalf of the stranger, on receiving no more than the customary fee.