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The pedestal , five feet in height , is of polished black Luxulyan granite , and bears name and date with the words ` Take Him for All in All We shall not Look upon his Like again . ' The bust , executed in plaster of Paris , will be replaced by marble when funds allow . The crowd dispersed in silence after the ceremony . Dancing in the street followed at 6 p.m. , and was kept up with spirit for some hours , during which a large quantity of beer was given away . '' The Major lay in the next room -- the casualty ward -- and stared up at the whitewashed ceiling . His whole being ached as though , mind and body , he had been set upon and beaten senseless with bladders . And this was the second time !