BECKER
What they'll not give us willingly we're goin' to take by force.
OLD HILSE
By force. [Laughs.] You may as well go an' dig your graves at once.
They'll not be long showin' you where the force lies. Wait a bit, lad!
JAEGER
Is it the soldiers you're meanin'? We've been soldiers too. We'll soon do for a company or two of 'em.
OLD HILSE
With your tongues, maybe. But supposin' you did—for two that you'd beat off, ten'll come back.
VOICES
[Call through the window.] The soldiers are comin! Look out!