Premise: At that moment, I happened to look up.

Hypothesis: I looked at the fluffy clouds in the sky.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: Stick together an' have it in for th' army!"Drew could not see which of the troopers had burst out with that, but in his present mood all bluecoats were the enemy.

Hypothesis: Drew believed that the bluecoats were not truly the enemy.
Answer: no

Premise: At the wages I pay him, he knows better than to do any independent thinking.

Hypothesis: He should know better than to think independently.
Answer: yes

Premise: Lalley remembers calling a meeting of managing partners of all the big law firms in town to deal with the cutback.

Hypothesis: The big law firms were not happy with the cutback.
Answer: it is not possible to tell