By the time I had got a little better, the black tea was ready, and with
thick cream, hot buckwheat cakes, beautiful honey, and--as a stand by--
the still venerable round, we made out a very tolerable meal.
This done, with due deliberation Archer supplied his several pockets
with their accustomed load--the clean-punched wads in this--in that the
Westley Richards' caps--here a pound horn of powder--there a shot-pouch
on Syke's lever principle, with double mouth-piece--in another,
screw-driver, nipple-wrench, and the spare cones; and, to make up the tale,
dog-whip, dram-bottle, and silk handkerchief in the sixth and last.
"Nothing like method in this world," said Harry, clapping his
low-crowned broad-brimmed mohair cap upon his head; "take my word for it.
Now, Tim, what have you got in the bag?"
"A bottle of champagne, sur," answered Tim, who was now employed
slinging a huge fustian game-bag, with a net-work front, over his right
shoulder, to counterbalance two full shot-belts which were already
thrown across the other--"a bottle of champagne, sur--a cold roast
chicken--t' Cheshire cheese--and t' pilot biscuits. Is your dram-bottle
filled wi' t' whiskey, please sur?"
"Aye, aye, Tim.
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