Oswald said, 'Drop what?'

He said, 'That row.'

Oswald said, 'Why?'

He said, 'Because if you don't I'll come up and make you, and
pretty quick too, so I tell you.'

Dicky said, 'Did you bolt the door?'

The man said, 'I did so, my young cock.'

Alice said--and Oswald wished to goodness she had held her tongue,
because he saw right enough the man was not friendly--'Oh, do come
and let us out--do, please.'

While she was saying it Oswald suddenly saw that he did not want
the man to come up. So he scurried down the stairs because he
thought he had seen something on the door on the top side, and sure
enough there were two bolts, and he shot them into their sockets.
This bold act was not put in the Golden Deed book, because when
Alice wanted to, the others said it was not GOOD of Oswald to think
of this, but only CLEVER. I think sometimes, in moments of danger
and disaster, it is as good to be clever as it is to be good. But
Oswald would never demean himself to argue about this.

When he got back the man was still standing staring up. Alice
said--