"You leave torture to me, you fop," said the hangman.

'Ah-'tisall a-scram!' said the hangman, examining it.

"He cared for you, and for that you should be forever thankful," said the hangman.

"This sign is old, very old," said the hangman, taking another puff on the long-stemmed pipe.

'That's too small,' says the hangman.

He was well-educated and had once been a lawyer's clerk; he had run away to sea to avoid prosecution, and some said the hangman's halter.

"Take me there," said the hangman.

"Your damned money," said the hangman.

"We can't promise anything either," said the hangman, deftly sweeping up the money from the table into his big coat.