` Who is that knocking ? ' asked a voice from within . ` It is me ! It is me ! Holy Man ! you know ! Father -- ' ` But , my good fellow , you really should give some one else a chance . This is the third time you have been -- and at such an hour , too ! ' ` Oh , yes , Holy Man , I know it is very late , but you will forgive me ! It is your cock -- there is something the matter . It is like the basket . Look ! ' ` THAT my cock ? THAT my basket ? Somebody has played you a trick , my good man ! ' ' A trick ? ' repeated Father Grumbler , who began to understand what had happened . ` Then it must have been those two -- ' ' I warned you not to show them to anybody , ' said the Holy Man . ` You deserve -- but I will give you one more chance . ' And , turning , he unhooked something from the wall .
` When you wish to dust your own jacket or those of your friends , ' he said , ` you have only got XXXXX say , `` Flack , flick , switch , be quick , '' and you will see what happens .
Father Grumbler Man at from hour like that third to