Sedgett has saved you from annoyance.

Take him his five pounds." "Annoyance be hanged, my good Ned!" Algernon was aroused to reply.

"I don't complain, and I've done my best to stand in front of you; and as you've settled the fellow, I say nothing; but, between us two, who's the guilty party, and who's the victim ?" "Didn't he tell you he had you in his power ?" "I don't remember that he did." "Well, I heard him.

The sturdy cur refused to be bribed, so there was only one way of quieting him; and you see what a thrashing does for that sort of beast.

I, Algy, never abandon a friend; mark that.