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He was the big sleeping man, and he did not seem at all pleased at being awakened. Cyril, watching through a slit in the tent, saw him scowl and shake a heavy fist and a sleepy head. Then the woman went on speaking very fast. Cyril heard "Strewth," and "biggest draw you ever, so help me!" and he began to share Robert's feeling that fifteen shillings was indeed far too little.
He come round at last, arter a pint o' beer that Smith 'ad stood 'im, and then he made a little speech, thanking Smith for the fair way he 'ad acted, and took up the hamper. "'Strewth, it is heavy," he ses, getting it up on his back. "Well, so long, mates." "Ain't you ain't you going to stand us a drink out o' one o' them bottles?" ses Peter Gubbins, as Bob got to the door.
An' we had to go through that same zone, if you please. 'Strewth, it was hot. There was big shells an' little shells an' middle-sized shells, roarin' an' shrieking up and bursting H.E. shrapnel or smashing into the ground. If there was one threw dirt over us there was a dozen.
"There's two ways of lookin' at these things." "'Strewth! I niver thought o' that," said Jonah, scratching his ear. "No, but other people do, worse luck," said Mrs Yabsley. Jonah stared at the child in silence. Mrs Yabsley turned and poked the fire under the copper boiler. Suddenly Jonah lifted his head and cried: "I say, missis, I can see a hole in a ladder plain enough!
She indicated the Slabberts, heavily observant of the couple with the muddy eyes under the tow-coloured thatch. "'Strewth!" W. Keyse whistled depreciatively between his teeth, and elevated his scanty eyebrows. "That tow-'eaded, bung-nosed, 'ulking, big Dopper. An' you a daughter of the Empire!" Oh! the thrice-retorted scorn in the sharp-edged Cockney voice!
"Faith, I'm not so young as I was. That guard-mountin' wears on the sole av the fut, and this" he sniffed contemptuously at the brick verandah "is as hard setting as standin'!" "Wait a minute. I'll get the cushions out of my cart," I said. "Strewth sofies!
He was the big sleeping man, and he did not seem at all pleased at being awakened. Cyril, watching through a slit in the tent, saw him scowl and shake a heavy fist and a sleepy head. Then the woman went on speaking very fast. Cyril heard 'Strewth, and 'biggest draw you ever, so help me! and he began to share Robert's feeling that fifteen shillings was indeed far too little.
He come round at last, arter a pint o' beer that Smith 'ad stood 'im, and then he made a little speech, thanking Smith for the fair way he 'ad acted, and took up the hamper. "'Strewth, it is heavy," he ses, getting it up on his back. "Well, so long, mates." "Ain't you ain't you going to stand us a drink out o' one o' them bottles?" ses Peter Gubbins, as Bob got to the door.
The sickly taint upon the faint breeze told of massed and clustered humanity. 'Strewth, how they stunk, the brutes! He hoped there was enough of 'em, lying doggo up there, waiting the word to roll down and swallow the blooming dorp! His palate grew dry, as the sweat broke out upon his temples and trickled down the back of his neck, and the palms of his hands were moist and clammy.
He walked off a little way as the man re-entered the bar. A second or two later, the carman came out alone. "'E ses come inside 'e ses if you want to see 'im." "I can't," said Flower. "Why not?" asked the other, as a horrible suspicion dawned upon him. "Strewth, you ain't a teetotaler, are you?" "No," replied the skipper, "but I can't go in."
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