four o'clock P.M.
Detarmination was written in ivry face -- th ' detarmination to go on at anny risk till tea time . No flinchin ' , no hisitation , ivry man with his head erect an ' th ' feelin ' in his heart that on him rested th ' security iv th ' impire if so . On , an ' iver on they marched , fr 'm Spimfontein , past th ' gleamin ' spires iv Wa-aberneck , till they saw in th ' distance th ' long , low line iv purple light that marked th ' walls iv Boobenastofein . It was thin four o'clock P.M. , an ' th ' column halted while th ' bugles blew th ' cheery call to tea . Eager hands unshipped th ' marmalade an ' opened th ' caddies , bread was toasted on th ' small stoves carrid be ivry officer 's valet , th ' pickets an ' scouts were dispatched f ' r plum cake an ' f ` rgettin ' f ' r a moment th ' thriles iv th ' campaign , th ' rough warryors indulged in that repast that has done so much to make Englishmen what they are . At siven , havin ' taken all precautions , havin ' placed th ' powdher in a cool runnin ' brook an ' tethered th ' mules to th ' rifles , th ' vast army slept . It was breakfast time whin th ' God iv Slumber was dhriven off be th ' other British God iv Appetite .