text: Four Pigeons, Captains All, Book 7
  
  CAPTAINS ALL 
  
  By W.W. Jacobs 
  
  THE FOUR PIGEONS 
  
  [Illustration: "The Four Pigeons."] 
  
  The old man took up his mug and shifted along the bench until he was in the shade of the elms that stood before the _Cauliflower_.  The action also had the advantage of bringing him opposite the two strangers who were refreshing themselves after the toils of a long walk in the sun. 
  "My hearing ain't wot it used to be," he said, tremulously.  "When you asked me to have a mug o' ale I 'ardly heard you; and if you was to ask me to 'ave another, I mightn't hear you at all." 
  One of the men nodded.
tokens: Four Pigeons , Captains All , Book 7 CAPTAINS ALL By W.W. Jacobs THE FOUR PIGEONS [ Illustration : " The Four Pigeons . " ] The old man took up his mug and shifted along the bench until he was in the shade of the elms that stood before the _ Cauliflower _ . The action also had the advantage of bringing him opposite the two strangers who were refreshing themselves after the toils of a long walk in the sun . " My hearing ai n't wot it used to be , " he said , tremulously . " When you asked me to have a mug o ' ale I ' ardly heard you ; and if you was to ask me to ' ave another , I might n't hear you at all . " One of the men nodded .
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