"Pleeceman 'e talks wild when 'e's excited."
"It's takin' your 'and off of the plough, ain't it now?"
"Seems so to me—God, 'e knows."
"Pleeceman 'e says to me, 'You go to swell the number as is fightin' for our England, an' honours'll be showered on you as thick as wapses round a plum-tree in August,' 'e says; 'crosses an' stars an' 'alf the alphabet after your name.'"
"Pleeceman 'e can go it—'istory books ain't in it with 'is 'magination."
"Gen'rous, too, with what ain't 'is own, same as any man."
"Pleeceman 'e says, 'Go forth and fight for this our country an' we'll give you a welcome back as 'll make you stand among us a couple o' inches taller on that great day....'"
"Pleeceman 'e do talk wild when e's excited."
"Pleeceman 'e says, 'You shirk this plain duty a-starin' you in the face, an' white feathers'll be sproutin' all over of you for a coward as refuses to do 'is little share when nations are goin' at it 'ammer and tongs.'"
"Pleeceman is a sight too bad when 'e be fairly moved. What did you say to that 'ere?"