And as they passed the Wood, the Commander-in-Chief sat on a gate, with his cocked hat on the back of his head and said to himself out loud,
"And if they don't find a Fort then that proves they're no soldiers. So out of the Country they go for shams. And if they do, then I come and plough the lot in E. So guess I've got um either way."
And he threw his legs about and laughed.
But the Colonel walked on without a word: for he was grieved about the Commander-in-Chief.
Then Tiny came by.
And when the Commander-in-Chief saw him, he pointed his finger, and laughed till he had to wipe his eyes, rocking to and fro, and crying,
"O dear! O dear! O dear!—Souse me, won't you?—It does make me laff so—you and Baby all settled in so cosy and comfie in your little home, and now turned out, and got to find a new house before night or leave the Country. E! E! E! Master Tiny! E! E! E!"
But Tiny marched on quite brave and steady: for he was true to Baby, and what she had taught him; which was Love.
Then St Jack laughed so that at last he toppled off the gate backwards on to his cocked hat, and bashed it.
But he pulled himself together, and scrambled on his knees, and pelted stones at Goliath's back-view, which he couldn't help hitting, and yelled,