5/23 You'll excuse me, missy, but business first an' pleasure afterwards. We're stoppin' here for the day." "For the day ?" echoed Tilda, with a dismayed look astern. "An' we've on'y come this far!" "Pretty good goin', _I_ should call it," Mr.Bossom assured her cheerfully. "Six locks we've passed while you was asleep, not countin' the stop-lock. But maybe you 're not used to travel by canal ?" "I thank the Lord, no; or I'd never 'ave put Mr.'Ucks up to it. |