He turned a happy patch’s smirk to Stephen, saying:

―The disguise, I fear, is thin. But listen.

He read, marcato :

―Characters:

• Toby Tostoff (a ruined Pole).
• Crab (a bushranger).
• Medical Dick and Medical Davy (two birds with one stone).
• Mother Grogan (a watercarrier).
• Fresh Nelly and
• Rosalie (the coalquay whore)

Toby Tostoff (a ruined Pole).

Crab (a bushranger).