human
I say, my man, said Eves,
gpt
Mrs. Trenchard doesn’t like it, you know, Eves went on.
human
Don’t you think you’d better go?
gpt
Look here, how much do you want to go? asked Eves. (
human
I’ve got some change,
gpt
Here I be, and here I bide.
human
We’ll give you ten shillings,
gpt
Here I be, and here I bide.
human
Oh, all right, bide away, said Eves, taking Templeton by the arm.
gpt
Rotten tobacco, ain’t it, Bob?
human
We can’t starve him out, said Eves.
gpt
The beggar’s got grub enough for a week.
human
If we could only entice him out it would be all right, said Templeton,
gpt
Well, only beer would entice that sort of bounder, and he’s got plenty of that. He’s a big hulk, but we _might_ manage to chuck him out.
human
Dangerous that. Even if we succeeded, we might find ourselves in court again.
gpt
By Jove, I’ve got it! he cried.
human
We’ll stink him out.
gpt
How do you mean? It would have to be a powerful stink to upset a fellow who can smoke that tobacco.
human
Of course; and I haven’t wasted my time in the lab, old man. I never took any interest in chemistry till I learnt how to make stinks. What about H2S? The very thing. Splendid! We’ve got the acid; all we want is—by Jove! where can we get some iron pyrites? That means another trip to Weymouth.
gpt
And you probably won’t get it there.
human
Hang it all; can’t we make it some other way?
gpt
Wait a bit. Don’t you remember old Peters making it once by boiling sulphur with tallow? And he told us you get a more steady flow of gas that way. We’ve probably got all we want on the premises. But how are you going to get it into the room?
human
We’ll have to find a way. Let’s go and investigate.