then they clap and whistle when we 're done with that tune , and i loves the clappin ' and we plays the other dance tunes i know and others are playing fifes and whistles and even a fiddle , and i puts down me whistle and starts to dance a jig in the irish fashion and there 's more whistlin ' and clappin ' and singin ' and more songs and more dancin ' and when it 's over and i heads for the passageway to the kip , all sweaty and flushed and happy , sloat grabs me by the arm and pulls me aside in the dimness .