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           "Begtoreportthirty-oneoffencesofMakinganAffray,sir,andfifty-sixcasesofRiotousBehaviour,forty-oneoffencesofObstructinganOfficeroftheWatchintheExecutionofhisDuty,thirteenoffencesofAssaultwithaDeadlyWeapon,sixcasesofMaliciousLingering,and-and-CorporalNobbyhasn’tevenshownmeoneropeyet-"

           Hefellbackwards,breakingatable.

           CaptainVimescoughed.Hewasn’tatallsurewhatyouweresupposedtodonext.Asfarasheknew,theWatchhadneverbeeninthispositionbefore.

           ’’Ithinkyoushouldgethimadrink,Sergeant,’’hesaid.

           "Yessir."

           "Andgetmeone,too."

           "Yessir."

           "Haveoneyourself,whydon’tyou."

           "Yessir."

           "Andyou,Corporal,willyouplease-whatareyoudoing?"

           "Searchingthebodiesir,"saidNobbyquickly,straighteningup."Forincriminatingevidence,andthat."

           ’’Intheirmoneypouches?’’

           Nobbythrusthishandsbehindhisback."Youneverknow,sir,"hesaid.

           ThesergeanthadlocatedamiraculouslyunbrokenbottleofspiritsinthewreckageandforcedalotofitscontentsbetweenCarrot’slips.