"Hip, hip, hurrah!" said Walter.  "The old man got the best of it after all; and so will my brother Amos here, spite of his having such an unworthy coward of a brother as poor Walter.  But you have another example for us, auntie; nothing like knocking the nail on the head.  I feel better already, and mean to be a perfect moral lion for bravery in future; at least I hope so."