except for us for a little while , i suppose , until these horses want their , their , their oats or the lavatory or whatever , which is n't much use to us except maybe creosote will just about have time to write a sonnet or something about how cold it is all of a sudden , and the whole of human history is about to be scraped up and in these circumstances i would like very much to make it completely clear that i am not about to be argued with , is that absolutely understood ? '