We 're not going to pick holes in each other 's coats , I suppose ? '' `` No , indeed ! '' said Mrs. Dilber and the man together . `` We should hope not . '' `` Very well , then ! '' cried the woman . `` That 's enough . Who 's the worse for the loss of a few things like these ? Not a dead man , I suppose ? '' `` No , indeed , '' said Mrs. Dilber , laughing . `` If he wanted to keep 'em after he was dead , a wicked old screw , '' pursued the woman , `` why was n't he natural in his lifetime ? If he had been , he 'd have had somebody to look after him when he was struck with Death , instead of lying gasping out his last there , alone by himself . '' `` It 's the truest word that ever was spoke , '' said Mrs. Dilber , `` It 's a judgment on him . '' `` I wish it was a little heavier judgment , '' replied the woman ; `` and it should have been , you may depend upon it , if I could have laid my hands on anything else . Open that bundle , old Joe , and let me know the value of it . Speak out plain . I 'm not afraid to be the first , nor afraid for them to see it . We knew pretty well that we were helping ourselves before we met here , I believe . It 's no sin . Open the bundle , Joe . ''
But the gallantry XXXXX her friends would not allow of this ; and the man in faded black , mounting the breach first , produced his plunder .
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