‘“Well, now about me and the Frenchman: it happened I can’t tell you
how:
And, Grandfather, hear, if you love me, and put aside prejudice now”:
He never says “Grandfather”—Tom don’t—save it’s a serious thing.
“Well, there were some pits for the rifles, just dug on our
French-leaning wing:
And backwards, and forwards, and backwards we went, and at last I was
vexed,
And swore I would never surrender a foot when the Russians charged
next.