yeomen
n. 自耕農,僕人(yeoman的複數); <史>自耕農,自由民( yeoman的名詞複數 ); 義勇騎兵隊成員
In former times, a yeoman was a man who was free and not a servant, and who owned and worked on his own land.
He would repeat the word " Yeomen " as if it afforded him consolation.
他要把 自耕農 三個字重複一下,好象給他安慰似的.