But I was jes' lettin' you know there's liable to be some tall scrappin' around this post tonight'.

He laughed and went on, and I began to get ready.

They'd a box of hand grenades there and I took them out of the box and laid them all in a row where they would be handy.

There was about thirty grenades, I guess.

I was goin' to bust that Dutch army in pieces if it bothered me.
"Somewhere around two o'clock I heard the Germans cutting our wire out in front and I called to Roberts.