"Will he let out, do you think ?" "I can't say.

I think I could prevent him," said Silk.
"Oh, please do," said the troubled boy, full of exaggerated terror at the consequences of detection.
"I'll see," said Silk, not very assuringly.
"What!" cried Wyndham.

"You surely won't leave me in the lurch, Silk ?" Silk looked benevolently at his young friend.
"It depends," said he, coolly.
"Depends! On what?
Oh, Silk, what do you mean ?" "Don't alarm yourself," said Silk, smiling.

Then he added, confidentially, "The fact is, young un, I'm hard-up.

I lost a lot of money on the race, owing to that--that is, because Parrett's lost.