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He left ` is shirt and ran , and ' e said that , fortunately , the tiger stopped to tear the shirt to pieces , else ` is last hour would ` ave arrived . `` When ' e ` ad finished Smith went upstairs and looked out of the bedroom winders , but ' e could n't see any signs of the tiger , and ' e said no doubt it ` ad gone down to the village to see wot it could pick up , or p ` raps it ` ad eaten John Biggs . `` However that might be , nobody cared to go outside to see , and after it got dark we liked going ` ome less than ever . `` Up to ten o'clock we did very well , and then Smith began to talk about ` is license . He said it was all rubbish being afraid to go ` ome , and that , at any rate , the tiger could n't eat more than one of us , and while ' e was doing that there was the chance for the others to get ` ome safe . Two or three of 'em took a dislike to Smith that night and told ` im so . `` The end of it was we all slept in the tap-room that night .