they was big lads with 'em , and one of 'em as knew me saw me and raises up a great cry , shoutin ' as i 'm a-spyin ' on 'em and mean to take word back to the army , and then they grabbed me and they called me a turncoat and put me coat on backward and the one man said he 'd beat me and teach me not to do such as that and pulled off me breeches and ... and ... anyway , i squirmed out of his hand and fell down on the floor and crawled out under the tables and took off a-runnin ' . ''