Pickles Anything the Skullcrackers could find was stacked unto their trailer and when that was full they hitched
up Twaddle’ s trailer to the back of it. When this was filled with a steamy mixture of bodies, wheelbarrows and handkerchiefs they chugged their way down Half Inch Street and dumped the lot, trailers and all, over the shore wall in Dock Street.‘ Hamilton!' I called out to my half-brother,‘ Take this wheelbarrow and red looking hanky. Go around to the toilets in Daffodil Place. Look for a little man with a fat ass dressed up like the people who make you laugh in the circus. You will find him hiding under the table. Give him the wheelbarrow, the hanky, the poster and this note. He will give you some money. If it is short you will go back and head-butt him. If it is right I will fill your little potbelly with firewater.' Conk Faataanraataantwat Pickles When Hamilton Conk had left Thomas Softhead asked: Softhead How much do you expect to receive into your own two hands? Pickles Expect! I do not expect anything. I know, for a fact I will receive forty pounds because Twaddle is so frightened of my brother. After dumping Hamilton off in the Hammer and Cockroach, with three pounds in his pocket, we will return, with Wild Will Tucker to the Speakeasy and drink the rest, bowing to our knees at regular intervals, in thanksgiving to His Gracious Lordship- the Eighth Earl of Marm.
AT THE VILLAGE GREEN WITH THE PUMP( some three weeks later)
Pickles The invasion of the gypsy’ s encampment on the Tiphead Wastelands was postponed for three weeks to allow the Cidermen and the SS Men to recuperate. On the newly appointed day the Harley Robinson 50 cc Special was parked on the Village Green with the Pump. A‘ royal’ pendant fluttered from the handlebars. It had been commissioned by Twaddle from Freeloader and was reported to have cost twenty guineas. It consisted of a red wolf rampant and three bears sleeping and it doesn’ t take much guessing where Basil Freeloader got the idea. Still, Twaddle seemed happy enough with it. Cretin Oh Marmaduke! You must feel so proud to have a flag with your own little animals on it. Twaddle You will find, Cecil, that this fine pendant bears the official arms of the House of Marm. Freeloader Little animals- my suffering ass! Pickles Basil Freeloader grumbled, shaking his head Cretin Gracious me! Can I have the honour of kissing it? Freeloader My Daddy warned me about people like you. Pickles Said he, covering his bony ass with his slimy hand. Twaddle I think Cecil is referring to the heraldic pendant, Basil. Pickles Eventually, the liberators of the Tiphead Wastelands set off. Twaddle and Cretin lead them on the 50 cc Harley Robinson. Brudder strode out at the head of his SS Men. He had used the ensuing time well: intensive recruitment,