His wife and four children
would be very chargeable, and the man was by no means amiss.
Proceed! what further?"
"On reaching the bank, 'I never sat pleasanter in my lifetime,' said
William Shakspeare, 'than upon this carcass.'"
SIR THOMAS.
"Lord have mercy upon us! Thou upon a carcass, at thy years!"
And the knight drew back his chair half an ell farther from the
table, and his lips quivered at the thought of such inhumanity.
"And what said he more? and what did he?" asked the knight.
JOSEPH CARNABY.
"He patted it smartly, and said, 'Lug it out; break it.'"
SIR THOMAS.
"These four poor children! who shall feed them?"
SIR SILAS.
"Sir! in God's name have you forgotten that Jeremiah is gone to
Nuneaton to see his father, and that the murdered man is the buck?"
SIR THOMAS.
"They killed the buck likewise. But what, ye cowardly varlets! have
ye been deceiving me all this time? And thou, youngster! couldst
thou say nothing to clear up the case? Thou shalt smart for it.
Methought I had lost by a violent death the best servant ever man
had--righteous, if there be no blame in saying it, as the prophet
whose name he beareth, and brave as the lion of Judah.
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