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Chapter 5

           Astheyarewantedforimmediateservice,willyouthrowyoureyeoverthem?"

           Joethrewhiseyeoverthem,andpronouncedthatthejobwouldnecessitatethelightingofhisforgefire,andwouldtakenearertwohoursthanone,"Willit?Thenwillyousetaboutitatonce,blacksmith?"saidtheoff-handsergeant,"asit’sonhisMajesty’sservice.Andifmymencanbearahandanywhere,they’llmakethemselvesuseful."Withthat,hecalledtohismen,whocametroopingintothekitchenoneafteranother,andpiledtheirarmsinacorner.Andthentheystoodabout,assoldiersdo;now,withtheirhandslooselyclaspedbeforethem;now,restingakneeorashoulder;now,easingabeltorapouch;now,openingthedoortospitstifflyovertheirhighstocks,outintotheyard.

           AllthesethingsIsawwithoutthenknowingthatIsawthem,forIwasinanagonyofapprehension.Butbeginningtoperceivethatthehandcuffswerenotforme,andthatthemilitaryhadsofargotthebetterofthepieastoputitinthebackground,Icollectedalittlemoreofmyscatteredwits.

           "Wouldyougivemethetime?"saidthesergeant,addressinghimselftoMr.Pumblechook,astoamanwhoseappreciativepowersjustifiedtheinferencethathewasequaltothetime.

           "It’sjustgonehalfpasttwo."

           "That’snotsobad,"saidthesergeant,reflecting;"evenifIwasforcedtohaltherenightwohours,that’lldo.

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