You had better bring your pack here after dinner,
andgo straight away.
He had to look ahead, andeither of them would
manage a fiver for him. E dont drink, an e dont smoke, an unless e goes after
thewomen I dont know what e does do. Parade again at ten today, an another
bigcarryinparty tonight.
Youll never come back, said Shem in a
matter-of-fact way.
He came at once, inhis greasy smoke-blackened suit,
wiping his hands on a cloth. If you cant talk reasnable you can keep your bloody
mouth shut. Corporal Reynoldsimpatiently waved Bourne out of the room again. So
hesat there quietly smoking, and drinking a little wine, until it wastime to leave.
He had a text ofHorace with Coningtons translation in his pocket.
He kept on striking the keys: Thaneer at pontiffs
supper ran. Well, if es not deadyet, e pretty soon will be. And richerspilth the
pavement stain, that was pavimentum mero; why didthat come into his head
now?
It seems to me sometimes as though we had never
known anythingdifferent. Thank ee, said Abbot, but I aint very partial to
sweetstuff. Thank ee, said Abbot, but I aint very partial to sweetstuff. It dont do
no good;an youve got no call to butt in; nobody said anythink to you.
The row seemed to have been quite unpremeditated,
and anywayCaptain Malet was out of it.
You havent got the moral courage to stand up for
your own men,or to admit your silly blunder.
And port wine and brandy is good for colic,its
binding. Bourne noticed that the floorboards were clean. Bourne showed no curiosity
concerning the business which had broughtthem into Noeux-les-Mines.
They disturb thesleep of a hard-working man. Bourne
noticed that the floorboards were clean. You will stay there tonightand come back
tomorrow afternoon. He came at once, inhis greasy smoke-blackened suit, wiping his
hands on a cloth.
I shall order my horse, and take two orderlies and
goup to inspect trenches.
Parade again at ten today, an another
bigcarryinparty tonight. I am not going to allow my men to suffer because of some
damnedincompetence in the orderly-room.
Anyone who didnt know you as well as I domight
think you meant it. Reynolds was standingup to it, cool, still, as though he
listened.
E dont drink, an e dont smoke, an unless e goes
after thewomen I dont know what e does do.
Well, if es not deadyet, e pretty soon will be.
Bournes first instinct was to rush out and tryto help. Yes, sir, he said, amazed,
but with the mechanical obediencerequired of him. If you cant talk reasnable you can
keep your bloody mouth shut.