`` Come here , sonny , '' says he . `` Come nearer here . '' I took a step nearer . `` Is this here table for my mate Bill ? '' he asked with a kind of leer . I told him I did not know his mate Bill , and this was for a person who stayed in our house whom we called the captain . `` Well , '' said he , `` my mate Bill would be called the captain , as like as not . He has a cut on one cheek and a mighty pleasant way with him , particularly in drink , has my mate Bill . We 'll put it , for argument like , that your captain has a cut on one cheek -- and we 'll put it , if you like , that that cheek 's the right one . Ah , well ! I told you . Now , is my mate Bill in this here house ? '' I told him he was out walking . `` Which way , sonny ? Which way is he gone ? '' And when I had pointed out the rock and told him how the captain was likely to return , and how soon , and answered a few other questions , `` Ah , '' said he , `` this 'll be as good as drink to my mate Bill . '' The expression of his face as he said these words was not at all pleasant , and I had my own reasons for thinking that the stranger was mistaken , even supposing he meant what he said . But it was no affair of mine , I thought ; and besides , it was difficult to know what to do . The stranger kept hanging about just inside the inn door , peering round the corner like a cat waiting for a mouse . Once I stepped out myself into the road , but he immediately called me back , and as I did not obey quick enough for his fancy , a most horrible change came over his tallowy face , and he ordered me in with an oath that made me jump .
As soon as I was back again he returned to his former manner , half fawning , half sneering , patted me on the shoulder , XXXXX me I was a good boy and he had taken quite a fancy to me .
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