"We shall be off again soon, and then it will be all work and no play again, and we mustn't make Jack a dull boy, must we ?" "He's going off his head," said Smith.
"Let him go, then," I cried, "if it makes him like this." "Don't chatter so, Gnat," cried Smith.

"I say, did he really say we might go ?" "Yes; and that we ought to start at once before the day grew hotter, and that we were to take great care of ourselves." "Hurra!" "And be sure and wash our faces and our hands before we started," added Barkins.
"Get out; I can see where it joins," I cried.

"But did he say any more ?" "Only that we were to mind and not get into any trouble with the people, and that we had better take Ching." "Yes," said that individual gravely.

"Much better take Ching.

Velly useful take care." "To be sure," I cried, full of excitement at the idea of a run through the mazes of the quaint town, and the prospect of seeing a Chinese performance.