"Do you hear, Sergeant?"
"Aye, I hear, my lady, I hear!"
"Well—say something——"
"Mam, there aren't no words as'll fit—not one!"
"Well, what can you do?"
"Pipeclay my cross-belts for one thing and then there's my spatterdashes——"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean if he goes, my lady, I go——"
"O folly, Sergeant, folly——"
"Agreed mam, heartily, but dooty is dooty and when his honour commands, I obey—'tis become a matter o'——"