"We can't have a bear here.

He must be taken away some way or other.

Isn't there any place where he could be put until the Italian comes back ?" "That Dago's never comin' back," said the boy, solemnly.

"If you'd a-seen him scoot, you'd a-knowed that he was dead skeered, and would never turn up here no more, bear or no bear." Mrs.Chester looked at me.

She was greatly worried, but she was also amused, and she could not help laughing.
"Isn't this a dreadful predicament ?" she said.