'How dare you insult me and my friend ?' inquired the friend's young man.

'You and your friend be hanged!' responded the waistcoat.

'Take that,' exclaimed Mr.Samuel Wilkins.

The ferrule of the gilt-knobbed dress-cane was visible for an instant, and then the light of the variegated lamps shone brightly upon it as it whirled into the air, cane and all.

'Give it him,' said the waistcoat.