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The
sergeant
and
I
were
in
the
kitchen
when
Mrs
.
Joe
stood
staring
;
at
which
crisis
I
partially
recovered
the
use
of
my
senses
.
It
was
the
sergeant
who
had
spoken
to
me
,
and
he
was
now
looking
round
at
the
company
,
with
his
handcuffs
invitingly
extended
towards
them
in
his
right
hand
,
and
his
left
on
my
shoulder
.
"
Excuse
me
,
ladies
and
gentleman
,
"
said
the
sergeant
,
"
but
as
I
have
mentioned
at
the
door
to
this
smart
young
shaver
,
"
(
which
he
hadn
’
t
)
,
"
I
am
on
a
chase
in
the
name
of
the
king
,
and
I
want
the
blacksmith
.
"
"
And
pray
what
might
you
want
with
him
?
"
retorted
my
sister
,
quick
to
resent
his
being
wanted
at
all
.
"
Missis
,
"
returned
the
gallant
sergeant
,
"
speaking
for
myself
,
I
should
reply
,
the
honor
and
pleasure
of
his
fine
wife
’
s
acquaintance
;
speaking
for
the
king
,
I
answer
,
a
little
job
done
.
"
This
was
received
as
rather
neat
in
the
sergeant
;
insomuch
that
Mr
.
Pumblechook
cried
audibly
,
"
Good
again
!
"
"
You
see
,
blacksmith
,
"
said
the
sergeant
,
who
had
by
this
time
picked
out
Joe
with
his
eye
,
"
we
have
had
an
accident
with
these
,
and
I
find
the
lock
of
one
of
’
em
goes
wrong
,
and
the
coupling
don
’
t
act
pretty
.
As
they
are
wanted
for
immediate
service
,
will
you
throw
your
eye
over
them
?
"
Joe
threw
his
eye
over
them
,
and
pronounced
that
the
job
would
necessitate
the
lighting
of
his
forge
fire
,
and
would
take
nearer
two
hours
than
one
,
"
Will
it
?
Then
will
you
set
about
it
at
once
,
blacksmith
?
"
said
the
off
-
hand
sergeant
,
"
as
it
’
s
on
his
Majesty
’
s
service
.
And
if
my
men
can
bear
a
hand
anywhere
,
they
’
ll
make
themselves
useful
.
"
With
that
,
he
called
to
his
men
,
who
came
trooping
into
the
kitchen
one
after
another
,
and
piled
their
arms
in
a
corner
.
And
then
they
stood
about
,
as
soldiers
do
;
now
,
with
their
hands
loosely
clasped
before
them
;
now
,
resting
a
knee
or
a
shoulder
;
now
,
easing
a
belt
or
a
pouch
;
now
,
opening
the
door
to
spit
stiffly
over
their
high
stocks
,
out
into
the
yard
.
All
these
things
I
saw
without
then
knowing
that
I
saw
them
,
for
I
was
in
an
agony
of
apprehension
.
But
beginning
to
perceive
that
the
handcuffs
were
not
for
me
,
and
that
the
military
had
so
far
got
the
better
of
the
pie
as
to
put
it
in
the
background
,
I
collected
a
little
more
of
my
scattered
wits
.
"
Would
you
give
me
the
time
?
"
said
the
sergeant
,
addressing
himself
to
Mr
.
Pumblechook
,
as
to
a
man
whose
appreciative
powers
justified
the
inference
that
he
was
equal
to
the
time
.
