"Well, now, Mr. Noakes," said Wilkins, soothingly, "I wouldn’t go so far as that. Not if it was me.  It do seem ’twas a mistake. They took ’ee for a burglar—a nat’ral mistake, that’s what it was, and my advice to one and all is, let it bide and say no more about it. We don’t want no newspapers getting a hold of things like this.  Won’t do none of us no good—that’s what I say."