"Nay, I never saw him before yesterday," Gaffer answered. "And ol' Snatch here, I think he just knows him from yesterday is all. He don't take so kindly to strangers, especially those as acts like they doesn't belong, if you take my meaning."
Hugo skewered more bacon and egg and toast and chewed thoughtfully.
"How about one of you go and have a word with him and see what he's about?"
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