He was muttering something to himself, which he did not well hear, only these words, "'Tis great pity! 'tis great pity!" My servant added that he believed this had some ill meaning.

I told him he was a coxcomb, always pretending to be wiser than his companions.

Lewis and I are good friends, he's an honest fellow, and I daresay will stand to his bargain.
The sequel of the story proved this fellow's suspicion to be too well grounded; for Lewis revealed our whole secret to the deceased Lord Strutt, who in reward for his treachery, and revenge to Frog and me, settled his whole estate upon the present Philip Baboon.

Then we understood what he meant by piecing the map together.
MRS.

BULL .-- And were you surprised at this?
Had not Lord Strutt reason to be angry?
Would you have been contented to have been so used yourself?
JOHN BULL .-- Why, truly, wife, it was not easily reconciled to the common methods; but then it was the fashion to do such things.