What do the soldiers say about it?" Jeers and hoots.
"My boy was disfigured by the blow, and this villain made his appearance the object of his jeers.
They'll run as fast as geese--don't you see they're web-footed?" These were the cries which the soldiers vaguely understood to be jeers, and probably threats. But every one seemed disposed to give invitations of this spirited kind rather than to act upon them.