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Updated: May 29, 2025
Some of them, including the Semi-drunk, Ned Dawson, Bill Bates and Joe Philpot had two or three drinks, and felt so much happier for them that, shortly after they started off again, sounds of melody were heard from the brake the three first named rode in the one presided over by Crass but it was not very successful, and even after the second halt about five miles further on at the Warrior's Head, they found it impossible to sing with any heartiness.
'Better make it fifty for a start. 'All right! 'You play first if you like. 'All right, agreed the Semi-drunk, anxious to distinguish himself. Holding the six rings in his left hand, the man stood in the middle of the floor at a distance of about three yards from the board, with his right foot advanced.
To hear them talk, one would imagine that such affairs as the recent exploit of Bill Bates and the Semi-drunk were constantly taking place, instead of only occurring about once in a blue moon.
'Why, you're eating it all yerself, yer bleeder, cried the Semi-drunk indignantly, as soon as he realized what was happening. 'That's all right, matey, replied Crass affably as he deposited the empty dish on the table. 'It don't matter, there's plenty more where it come from. Tell the landlord to bring in another lot.
Crass several times reminded them that the other carriage was so near that Rushton must be able to hear every word that was said, and these repeated admonitions at length enraged the Semi-drunk, who shouted out that they didn't care a b r if he could hear. Who the bloody hell was he? To hell with him! 'Damn Rushton, and you too! cried Bill Bates, addressing Crass. 'You're only a dirty toe-rag!
While he recited, intoned, or gabbled, the words of the office, he was reading the certificate and some other paper the clerk had placed upon the desk, and when he had finished reading these, his gaze wandered abstractedly round the chapel, resting for a long time with an expression of curiosity upon Bill Bates and the Semi-drunk, who were doing their best to follow in their books the words he was repeating.
''Ere! Stop that, will yer? cried the Old Dear, fiercely. 'I told you once before that I don't allow that sort of thing in my 'ouse! The Semi-drunk stopped in confusion. 'I don't mean no 'arm, he said unsteadily, appealing to the company. 'I don't want no chin from you! said the Old Dear with a ferocious scowl.
The landlord put a fresh disc into it and wound it up and it began to play 'The Boys of the Bulldog Breed. The Semi-drunk happened to know the words of the chorus of this song, and when he heard the music he started unsteadily to his feet and with many fierce looks and gestures began to roar at the top of his voice: 'They may build their ships, my lads, And try to play the game, But they can't build the boys of the Bulldog breed, Wot made ole Hingland's
Ruth protested that she did not want any more to drink, but the others ridiculed this, and both the Besotted Wretch and the Semi-drunk seemed to regard her unwillingness as a personal insult, so she allowed them to get her another half-pint of beer, which she was compelled to drink, because she was conscious that the others were watching her to see that she did so.
Bill was out in the scullery filling his pail under the tap, and laughing so much that he could scarcely stand. As soon as it was full he passed it to the Semi-drunk, who threw it bodily, pail and all, on to the bench in front of the window, smashing one of the panes of glass. The water poured off the table and all over the floor.
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