Bear in mind that I'm not as young as I was, so I can't walk as fast as you.

Hold a mirror to the pet's nose. If no condensation appears, the animal is probably dead.

I've always heard he was a quiz, says another, or a quoz, or some such word ; but I did not know he was such a book-worm.

But I'm guessing the girls didn't push for molestation charges because they were censorious prudes who would grow into knowing how to take such behaviour on the chin – they felt genuinely threatened, they took their concerns to court, and they deserved more than being told that they'd misread the situation all along.