“ ‘Cut-and-run, your honour.’

“ ‘Is that your name?’

“ ‘Yes, your honour.’

“ ‘All right, you’re Cut-and-run, and you?’ he turns to the third.

“ ‘And I follow him, your honour.’

“ ‘But what’s your name?’

“ ‘That’s my name, your honour: I follow him.’

“ ‘But who has given you that name, you rascal?’

“ ‘Good people, your honour. There are good people in the world, your honour, we all know.’

“ ‘And who are these good people?’

“ ‘I’ve rather forgotten, your honour, you must graciously forgive me.’

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