Im glad I came out, and glad you knew something
aboutthe place. He acknowledged Bournes salute, and left him; Bourne going intothe
dugout by the other entrance. As he turned to Bourne his manner became perceptibly
colder.
Weeper and Bourne were alone together after a few
paces.
If you wish it, sir, he said, indifferently. I
shall make you a lance-corporal, he said in conclusion.
Some kind of warmth andexcitement came into Bournes
blood as they laughed at his stories. What gets me, he said, with even greater
vehemence, is the waye looks at you from beind is face.
Dyou mind asking the regimental to come along
tonight, too?
He heard Weeper mutter somethingno louder than a
sigh. Bourne saw Whitfield there, and felt as though he would like tohunt in couples
with him. And whatgave the book this air of truthfulness?
Discipline was discipline, he said; though one
allowed acertain latitude to the reasonable man. Well, I suppose youll ave a lance
stripe up tomorrow;an then itll be goodbye in no time. You will have to forget a
lot, and begin again; thatis, you will have to take a different view.
He could see their wire now, and presently he was
challenged, andreplied.
E were lyin on is face, an I could only see the
backof is ead.
He knew that he did, then, very definitely. E were
a biggish man, sir, biggern I am; seemed tallish, lyinthere. We had better move on,
sergeant, said Mr Cross, quietly. They killed anysurvivors in the dugout, and
another Prussian had been killed inthe next bay.
E were a biggish man, sir, biggern I am; seemed
tallish, lyinthere. We do NOT keep any eBooks in compliance with a particularpaper
edition.
Their duty, in short,was to cover a flank and give
protection to the raiders.
Nothing but the remainsof the chimney; no cellars.
As he turned to Bourne his manner became perceptibly colder.