Adventure stories; Imaginary places -- Fiction; Kings and rulers -- Fiction; London (England) -- Fiction; Love stories
"The rozzers come then, sir--a pair of 'em, sir. They busts in
through the crowd like tigers, and afore ye could wink, one of 'em
grabs onter me, and the other cops 'old of the tall Daigo."
"And the second man--the one with the crooked eyes?" asked Isabel
quickly. "What happened to him?"
"Well, I don't rightly know, Miss," said Bugg apologetically. "Yer
see, 'e weren't there in a manner o' speakin'. 'E'd gorn across the
street when I give 'im that shove in the jaw, an 'e 'adn't 'ad time
to come back. I think the coppers missed 'im."
"But they stuck to you two all right?" said Tony.
Bugg nodded his head. "Yus, sir, we all goes orf to the staition
together--me an' the cops an' the Daigo an' the 'ole bloomin' street
arter us. It weren't 'alf a picnic, sir, I can tell yer. Well, w'en
we gets to the staition, I sees the inspector--'im wot taikes the
charge--lookin' partikler 'ard at me, but 'e don't say nothin', 'cept
to ask me my naime and address.
"''Erbert Johnson of 'Igh Street, Keington,' says I. It was the fust
thing as comes into my 'ead.
"'An' you?' says 'e, turnin' to the Daigo.
"'My naime is Smith,' says the Daigo in 'is funny foreign wy o'
speakin'.
"'It's a good naime,' says the inspector, writin' it dahn. 'Wot's
all this trouble abaht?'
"'It was a misunderstandin',' says the Daigo very 'aughty like. 'I
declines to answer any further questions.'
"'You got anything to sy, 'Erbert Johnson,' says 'e to me.
"'I agree with the gen'leman wot's just spoke, sir,' says I.
"'Very well,' says 'e. 'This is a matter fur 'is Honour, this is.
You'll 'ave to stop 'ere the night, the pair of ye, unless ye've got
some kind friends as'll come along an' bail yer aht.'
"'E looks at us both, but the Daigo don't sy nothin' and I thinks to
meself the more privit we keeps this 'ere little mixup the better fur
all parties concerned. So I lays low too, an' orf we goes to the
cells, saime as a couple o' ord'nary drunks and disorderlies."
Bugg paused for a moment, and a reminiscent grin spread slowly across
his face.
"It's a good story," said Tony encouragingly. "Go on with it."
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