Curse those fellows at the Bank! they are always imitating us, we stop their money, and they don't lose a moment in stopping it too.
Three hundred pounds! Captain, what say you to our luck ?" Clifford had sat gloomily looking on during the operations of the robbers; he now, assuming a correspondent cheerfulness of manner, made a suitable reply, and after some general conversation the work of division took place.
"We are the best arithmeticians in the world," said Augustus, as he pouched his share; "addition, subtraction, division, reduction,--we have them all as pat as 'The Tutor's Assistant;' and, what is better, we make them all applicable to the Rule of Three." "You have left out multiplication!" said Clifford, smiling.

"Ah! because that works differently.

The other rules apply to the specie-s of the kingdom; but as for multiplication, we multiply, I fear, no species but our own!" "Fie, gentlemen!" said MacGrawler, austerely,--for there is a wonderful decorum in your true Scotsmen.

"Actions are trifles; nothing can be cleaner than their words!" "Oh, you thrust in your wisdom, do you ?" said Ned.

"I suppose you want your part of the booty!" "Part!" said the subtilizing Tomlinson.