He indicated this to Cossar and walked towards it.

"Has any one seen that rat ?" shouted Cossar, following.

"I got him in between the ribs once, and once in the face as he turned on me." They were joined by two men, as they worried at the locked wheels.
"I killed that rat," said one of the men.
"Have they got him ?" asked Cossar.
"Jim Bates has found him, beyond the hedge.

I got him jest as he came round the corner....

Whack behind the shoulder...." When things were a little ship-shape again Redwood went and stared at the huge misshapen corpse.