Hourra!—hourra!—hourra for the king!
Pooty well, that—pooty fair too—now le’me see you hourra for the queen.
Hourra then—hourra!—hourra for the queen!
That’s you, faith!
Hourra—hourra—hou——
No, no that’s enough; a belly full o’ hurrah is as good’s a feast now—hold up your heads.—How many is there of you, all told?—Soh—soh—steady there, steady—turn out your heels—
Turn out your toes you mean—haw, haw, hee!
No I don’t—hee, hee, haw—give that up long ago.—Now then! hold still there, hol’ still I say, while I count you off—one—two—three—darn your hide Matthew Joy, aint there no hold still to you? Stan’ still, I say;—four, five—Out o’ that snarl, there—one, two, three, four!—very well, very well indeed, never see the wrigglars do’t half so well—clean as a whistle—soh, soh—five an’ five is ten, and five is fifteen—there now; you’ve put me out—hold your gab, Sargeant Berry;—how am I goin’ to count off the men if you keep a jabberin’ so? —twenty-five—eight—nine—thirty, and two is thirty-four—now look me right in the eye every one o’ you. Heads up—heels out—heels out I say—that’s you Jake Berry, you never stoop none, I see—heels out there, every man of you, what are you afeard on?—You there with the striped jacket on, what’s your under jaw out there for? you want to tumble over it, hey?—heads up there, heads up—have your ears buttoned back, head soaped and a bladder drawn over it hey?—Soh, soh!—attention—very well—very well indeed—pooty fair—now I’m goin’ to give the word for you—
Wall ... an’ what’s the word you’re goin’ to give ... hey?
You be quiet our Jake, and you’ll see....