[…] till a long-legged boy brought him out of his revery, by an offer to carry his “plunder,” in whatsoever direction he might desire to direct his steps.

A patch of sidewalk scarlet with spat paan, two hobbity toe-haired toes flexing up-chappal in mid-wade.

“Do you promise?” Tilley said. “Stick a needle in my eye.” Mica's mumbled reply came back in a rude singsong.

O would my Love were safe in some far isle, And I were like some shadow passed away ; Yea, though some other liegeful wife, the while, Partook his board at eve, his chase by day : For I am that doomed Babe of long ago ;