On the Boxing-day after I came out I got stabbed in the chest by a pal of mine who had done a schooling. We was out with one another all the day getting drunk, so he took a liberty with me, and I landed him one on the conk (nose); so we had a fight, and he put the chive (knive) into me. This made me sober, so I asked him what made him such a coward. He said, “I meant to kill you; let me kiss my wife and child, and then smug me.” But I did not do that. This made me a little thoughtful of the sort of life I was carrying on. I thought, “What if I should have been killed then!” But this, like other things, soon passed away. Au Boxing-day après ma _guérison_, un de mes _fanandes_ m’a _refilé_ un coup de _bince_ dans le _haricot_. Il avait été déjà _enfouraillé_ au _collège_. Nous nous étions _balladés_ tout le _luisant_ en nous _poivrottant_, de sorte que m’ayant manqué de respect, je lui ai _collé une châtaigne_ sur le _morviau_. Nous nous sommes _empoignés_ et il a joué du _surin_. Cela m’a dégrisé et je lui ai demandé pourquoi il s’était montré aussi lâche. Il me _bonnit_, “Je voulais t’_estourbir_. Laisse-moi aller _sucer la pomme_ à ma _largue_ et mon _môme_ et fais-moi _emballer_.” Mais je n’ai pas voulu. Cela m’a fait réfléchir un peu au genre de vie que je menais et je me dis, “J’aurais bien pu être _refroidi_.” Mais bientôt je n’y pensai plus. After the place got well where I was chived, me and another screwed a place at Stoke Newington, and we got some squeeze (silk) dresses, and two sealskin jackets, and some other things. We tied them in a bundle, and got on a tram. It appears they knew my pal, and some reelers got up too. So when I piped them pipe the bundle, I put my dukes on the rails of the tram and dropped off, and guyed down a double before you could say Jack Robinson. It was a good job I did, or else I should have got lagged (sent to penal servitude), and my pal too, because I had the James (crowbar) and screws (skeleton keys) on me. My pal got a stretch and a half. A day or two after this I met the fence who I done; so he said to me, “We have met at last.” So I said, “Well, what of that?” So he said, “What did you want to do me for?” So I said, “You must remember you done me; and when I spoke to you about it you said, ‘Do anybody; mind they don’t do you.’” That shut him up.