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`` What then ? '' asked Clifford , impatiently . `` Why , the poor fellows had been carried to the town of ----- , and brought before the queer cuffin -LRB- Magistrate -RRB- ere I arrived , though I set off the moment you told me , and did the journey in four hours . The examination lasted all yesterday , and they were remanded till to-day , -- let 's see , it is not yet noon ; we may be there before it 's over . '' `` And this is what you call well ! '' said Clifford , angrily . `` No , Captain , do n't be glimflashy !