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There was a roar of laughter at this, but Teddy did not understand the joke. 'I mustn't go inside the Hare and Hounds,' he said; 'I promised mother I never would. THERE WAS A ROAR OF LAUGHTER AT THIS BUT TEDDY DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE JOKE I MUSTN'T GO INSIDE THE HERON HOUNDS HE SAID I PROMISED MOTHER I NEVER WOULD
oremost of the crowd. 'I don't think much of soldiers,' she said, her nose tilted up in disdain. 'They're very dirty men, and covered with dust, and they've no band, nor flags flying, nor nothing.' If Teddy was disappointed in the look of his heroes, he did not say so; but Sam remarked, 'I expect they've left the band and the flags in the town; these are only the lot that they can't put up there.' Later in the afternoon Teddy made his way to the old elm outside the Hare and Hounds, where several of the men were resting on the wooden benches, some with pots of beer, and round whom some of the admiring villagers had made a little circle. He pushed his way in with his accustomed fearlessness. 'Please, is Mr. Tim Stokes here?' The soldiers laughed, and bandied a few jokes on the comrade alluded to. 'What do you want with him, youngster?' 'I want to speak to him.' 'I guess you'll find him under one of the tables in the tap-room; old Bouncer is pretty dry after a march like we've had to-day. ARE AND HOUNDS WHEN THEY ARRIVED AND NANCY WAS FOREMOST OF THE CROWD I DON'T THINK MUCH OF SOLDIERS SHE SAID HER NOSE TILTED UP IN DISDAIN THEY'RE VERY DIRTY MEN AND COVERED WITH DUST AND THEY'VE NO BAND NOR FLAGS FLYING OR NOTHING IF TEDDY WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THE LOOK OF HIS HEROES HE DID NOT SAY SO BUT SAM REMARKED I EXPECT THEY'VE LEFT THE BAND AND FLAGS IN THE TOWN THESE ARE ONLY THE LOT THAT THEY CAN'T PUT UP THERE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON TEDDY MADE HIS WAY TO THE OLD ELM OUTSIDE THE HERON HOUNDS WHERE SEVERAL OF THE MEN WERE RESTING ON THE WOODEN BENCHES SOME WITH POTS OF BEER AND ROUND WHOM SOME OF THE ADMIRING VILLAGES HAD MADE A LITTLE CIRCLE HE PUSHED HIS WAY IN WITH HIS ACCUSTOMED FEARLESSNESS PLEASE IS MISTER TIMSTOKES HERE THE SOLDIERS LAUGHED AND BANDIED A FEW JOKES ON THE COMRADE ALLUDED TO WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH HIM YOUNGSTER I WANT TO SPEAK TO HIM I GUESS YOU'LL FIND HIM UNDER ONE OF THE TABLES IN THE TAP ROOM OLD BOUNCER IS PRETTY DRY AFTER A MARCH LIKE WE'VE HAD TO DAY
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