Did you hear it?
I wonder what went over ?" He was as excited as a schoolboy, almost jubilant.

Poor Iris! Though she was now a veteran in scenes of death and disaster, she realized that fate had erred in choosing her as a heroine.
Coke and Watts drew near.
"Dom Wot's-'is-name wasn't long in gettin' busy," chuckled Coke.

"Gev' her a dose of the _Andromeda's_ physic, eh?
I'm sorry the blighters managed to 'ook it." Though he had just uttered an opinion directly contrary to his captain's, Hozier deemed it wise to be non-committal.
"The guns must have been laid badly," he said.
"Mebbe, an' wot's more, d--n 'em, they knew there was something in front that could shoot back." So Coke was at least impartial.

He cared not a jot how the Brazilians slaughtered each other so long as De Sylva established the new regime speedily.
"I never was a fightin' man meself," murmured Watts weakly.

"That sort of thing gives me a sinkin' sensation in me innards." "Wot you want is a drink, me boy," said Coke.
Watts brightened.