chapter 44 a problem of dunnage agar testified that in the first moment that pierce landed inside the luggage van , neither he nor burgess recognized him : `` i cool him first , and i swear i granny he 's some muck indian or nigger , so black he is , and his dunnage torn all about , like he 'd gone a proper dewskitch '' -- - as if he 'd had a thorough thrashing .