why, what age do you give the poor woman, then!' He bellowed, 'Eh ?' as it were a bull crowing.
The colonel retreated to one of his defensive corners.

'I am not aware that I meant to tell you anything.' Mr.Beaves Urmsing turned square-breasted on Fenellan: 'Fellow's a born donkey!' 'And the mother lived ?' said Fenellan.
Mr.Beaves Urmsing puffed with wrath at the fellow.
Five minutes later, in the midst of the group surrounding and felicitating Victor, he had sight of Fenellan conversing with fair ones, and it struck a light in him; he went three steps backward, with shouts.
'Dam funny fellow! eh?
who is he?
I must have that man at my table.
Worth fifty Colonel Jackasses! And I 've got a son in the Guards: and as much laugh in him, he 's got, as a bladder.

But we'll make a party, eh, Radnor?
with that friend o' yours.

Dam funny fellow! and precious little of it going on now among the young lot.

They're for seeing ghosts and gaping their jaws; all for the quavers instead of the capers.' He sounded and thrummed his roguish fling-off for the capers.