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He would have understood why Britons never, never will be slaves. They never stopped except to drink, and then at each gulp they emptied their glass; no heel taps! And still they ate, and still they drank  but as all things must cease, they stopped at last, and a long sigh of content broke from their two and thirty throats. HE WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD WHY BRITONS NEVER NEVER WILL BE SLAVES THEY NEVER STOPPED EXCEPT TO DRINK AND THEN AT EACH GULP THEY EMPTIED THEIR GLASSES NO HEEL TAPS AND STILL THEY ATE AND STILL THEY DRANK BUT AS ALL THINGS MUST CEASE THEY STOPPED AT LAST AND A LONG SIGH OF CONTENT BROKE FROM THEIR TWO AND THIRTY THROATS
 goin' ter be fed!' 'Garn awy,' answered somebody, 'we're not hanimals; we don't drink water.' 'You're too clever,' remarked the coachman; 'I can see you've just come from the board school.' As the former speaker was a lady of quite mature appearance, the remark was not without its little irony. The other man blew his horn by way of grace, at which Liza called out to him: 'Don't do thet, you'll bust, I know you will, an' if you bust you'll quite spoil my dinner!' Then they all set to. Pork-pies, saveloys, sausages, cold potatoes, hard-boiled eggs, cold bacon, veal, ham, crabs and shrimps, cheese, butter, cold suet-puddings and treacle, gooseberry-tarts, cherry-tarts, butter, bread, more sausages, and yet again pork-pies! They devoured the provisions like ravening beasts, stolidly, silently, earnestly, in large mouthfuls which they shoved down their throats unmasticated. The intelligent foreigner seeing them thus dispose of their food would have understood why England is a great nation. ARE GENTLEMEN SHOUTED THE COACHMAN THE ANIMALS IS NOW GOING TO BE FED GONE AWAY ANSWERED SOMEBODY WE'RE NOT ANIMALS WE DON'T DRINK WATER YOU'RE TOO CLEVER REMARKED THE COACHMAN I CAN SEE YOU'VE JUST COME FROM THE BOARD SCHOOL AS THE FORMER SPEAKER WAS A LADY OF QUITE MATURE APPEARANCE THE REMARK WAS NOT WITHOUT ITS LITTLE IRONY THE OTHER MAN BLEW HIS HORN BY WAY OF GRACE AT WHICH LIZA CALLED OUT TO HIM DON'T DO THAT YOU'LL BUST I KNOW YOU WILL AND IF YOU BUST YOU'LL QUITE SPOIL MY DINNER THEN THEY ALL SET TO PUT PIES SAVOYS SAUSAGES COLD POTATOES HARD BOILED EGGS COLD BACON VEAL HAM CRABS AND SHRIMPS CHEESE BUTTER COLD SUIT PUDDINGS AND TREAPLE GOOSEBERRY TARTS CHERRY TARTS BUTTER BREAD MORE SAUSAGES AND YET AGAIN BROUGHT PIES THEY DEVOURED THE PROVISIONS LIKE RAVENING BEASTS STOLIDLY SILENTLY EARNESTLY IN LARGE MOUTHFULS WHICH THEY SHOVED DOWN THEIR THROATS UNMASTICATED THE INTELLIGENT FOREIGNER SEEING THEM THUS DISPOSE OF THEIR FOOD WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD WHY ENGLAND IS A GREAT NATION
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