Catch 'em doing it.

"YOU MUST FIND YOUR WATCH? AND YOU'LL GET UP FOR IT?

"Nonsense!--don't be foolish--lie still. Your watch is on the
mantelpiece. Ha! isn't it a good thing for you, you've somebody to
take care of it?

"What do you say?

"I'M A DEAR CREATURE?

"Very dear, indeed, you think me, I dare say. But the fact is, you
don't know what you're talking about to-night. I'm a fool to open my
lips to you--but I can't help it.

"WHERE'S YOUR WATCH?

"Haven't I told you--on the mantelpiece?

"ALL RIGHT, INDEED!

"Pretty conduct you men call all right. There now, hold your tongue,
Mr. Caudle, and go to sleep: I'm sure 'tis the best thing you can do
to-night. You'll be able to listen to reason to-morrow morning; now,
it's thrown away upon you.

"WHERE'S YOUR CHEQUE-BOOK?

"Never mind your cheque-book. I took care of that.