" No, " interposed the truncheon; " he has come to the place where everybody must help themselves; and he will find it out, I hope, before he has done with me" .
The truncheon leant back against the chimney, and took no notice of the personal insult, like a well-trained policeman as it was, though he was ready enough to avenge any transgression against morality or order.
Let me just see what I have in here, like tonic of revivium sap, truncheon berry… if you have one mouthful just before bedtime, it should bring on a good night's sleep with pleasant dreams.
Tom looked up at the enormous wall, which seemed at least ninety miles high, and wondered how he should ever get up: but, when he hinted that to the truncheon, it settled the matter in a moment.
" Keep a civil tongue, and attend" ! said the truncheon; and popped up just like Punch, hitting Grimes such a crack over the head with itself, that his brains rattled inside like a dried walnut in its shell.