Then he might have played foot-ball with the man, or battledore and shuttlecock as he pleased; and the twenty or thirty people who had rushed forward to assist would have only applauded.

His idea, however, as he explained to us afterwards, was to take away the hose from the man, and, for punishment, turn it upon the fool himself.

The waterman's idea appeared to be the same, namely, to retain the hose as a weapon with which to soak Harris.

Of course, the result was that, between them, they soused every dead and living thing within fifty yards, except themselves.
One furious man, too drenched to care what more happened to him, leapt into the arena and also took a hand.

The three among them proceeded to sweep the compass with that hose.