With the bound of of a wounded antelope he sprang to the summit of the nearest mountain, and stood there with arms erect against the sky, like a statue of Ajax.
"He don't seem blooming, shiver my timbers if he do," said old Peeler.
"We shall not meet again," said Sep, grinding his teeth in his direction.
"Why should we be standing here in the sun ?" said Velvetina.

"Let us return to England." They returned the same evening.
Sub-Chapter XV.
OMNIA VINCIT AMOR.
Septimus Minor and Velvetina Peeler were married quietly at the Crocusville Cathedral.
The bride was given away by her father, Captain Peeler, R.N.
The company was select and the presents were costly.
Amongst the latter none attracted more attention or curiosity than an excellent plaster cast of a horse's hoof, presented to the happy couple by the Marquis de Smellismelli and his grandson the Lord Mayor of London.
There were few knew its history; but it was eloquent in meaning for Mr and Mrs Septimus Minor, who have given it an honoured place on the mantelpiece of the second spare bedroom of their bijou residence in Pink Street..