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| 'Put yer 'ead between your legs. It'll go orf in a minute' | [2] |
| 'He ran forward wid the Haymakers' Lift on his bay'nit' | [12] |
| He picked her up in the growing light, and set her on his shoulder | [23] |
| 'Hey! What? Are you going to argue with me?' said the Colonel | [35] |
| Cris slid an arm round his neck | [47] |
| The men strolled across the tracks to inspect the Afghan prisoners | [50] |
| The tune settled into full swing, and the boys kept shoulder to shoulder | [69] |
| 'Rung ho, Hira Singh!' | [85] |
| He found the spring | [91] |
| It is not good that a gentleman who can answer to the Queen's toast
should lie at the feet of a subaltern of Cossacks | [94] |
| 'Thin whin the kettle was to be filled, Dinah came in—my Dinah' | [117] |
| '"My collar-bone's bruk," sez he' | [121] |
| '"The half av that I'll take," sez she' | [132] |
| '"Out of this," sez he. "I'm in charge av this section av construction."—"I'm
in charge av mesilf," sez I, "an' it's like I will stay a while"' | [149] |
| 'Nine roun's they were even matched, an' at the tenth——' | [157] |
| There pranced a Portent in the face of the moon | [166] |
| 'I was Krishna tootlin' on the flute' | [176] |
| '"Shtrip, bhoys," sez I. "Shtrip to the buff, an' shwim in where glory waits!"' | [185] |
| 'There was a melly av a sumpshus kind for a whoile' | [187] |
| Ortheris heaved a big sigh | [192] |
| We set off at the double and found him plunging about wildly through the grass | [201] |