I'm not exactly in love with the idea of having to start again from scratch.

Get off or I'll let you have a kneeful right where you live.

Noman's men were doing a fair job at holding back the hordes but Noman could see that there were many more hordesmen in the distance moving slowly towards them.

“ […] / O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!” / He chortled in his joy.