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Updated: May 28, 2025
At the first sigh two buttons burst from his jacket, one of which flew a full twelve inches and gently struck the cheek of a Dutch sergeant who was taking forty winks upon the adjacent mattress. "Vat the devil for?" exclaimed Sergeant Klomp, opening his eyes and glaring upon the recruit. "I beg your pardon," said Tristram. "Zat was in fon, hey?" "On the contrary " "Vat for, if not?"
It was Sergeant Klomp, and Tristram turned it over in his mind whether to offer an apology or no. While he was still debating, a brisk young officer came along and called out: "Get ready, boys. This is our turn." In less than a minute after, for no apparent reason, the crowd around Tristram surged forward to the bulwarks, and he was carried along with the rush.
"It was accidental, I assure you. I was unbosoming myself " "So; I will deach you to onbosom yourself of his Majesty's buttons. Agsidental! You shall not be agsidental to me!" Sergeant Klomp rolled his eyes, and, picking up his cane, which lay beside him, rose to his feet and advanced with menace on his face. Tristram hastily applied his syllogism.
"It is right," he said to himself, "to resist when molested in a peaceful occupation. Sighing is a peaceful occupation. Therefore I must resist this man." In obedience to this valid conclusion he hit Sergeant Klomp in the stomach as he advanced, caught the cane out of his hand and belaboured him the entire length of the gun-deck.
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