Well, we dont want any more talk about
it.
She didnt give very much attention to the
lance-corporal, but shetalked readily enough to Bourne. The tins of sardines he
could carry in the side pockets of histunic. You will help him carry them in; and I
dare say he willfind you useful while hes there.
If you would rather have some of
this,corporal.
I shall see you are two men short anyway,and fuck
Brigade! They disturb thesleep of a hard-working man. She didnt give very much
attention to the lance-corporal, but shetalked readily enough to Bourne. You drink
the champagne, if you like it, saidBourne, sending the girl away with the order.
Dost turn thysen to t wall, lad, sos usns shant see thadick?
Yes; Fritz is mighty carelesswhere he drops a
dixie. Then there was a second explosion, evidently inthe other street. What the
hell has it got to do with youwho my pals are?
Well, we dont want any more talk about it. I
suppose its war, answered Reynolds with a touch of fatalism. If you cant talk
reasnable you can keep your bloody mouth shut. Reynolds was standingup to it, cool,
still, as though he listened.
He had to look ahead, andeither of them would
manage a fiver for him.
You havent got the moral courage to stand up for
your own men,or to admit your silly blunder.
You will stay there tonightand come back tomorrow
afternoon. The tins of sardines he could carry in the side pockets of histunic. I
dont want to go into any back parlours for the sake of somecognac in my
coffee.
You will help him carry them in; and I dare say he
willfind you useful while hes there. It seems to me sometimes as though we had never
known anythingdifferent. Well, you do get accustomed to it, dont you? They were mere
automatons, whose onlyconscious life was still in England.
You will help him carry them in; and I dare say he
willfind you useful while hes there.
He rested his chin on clasped hands andwatched them
in a kind of reverie. I am not going to allow my men to suffer because of some
damnedincompetence in the orderly-room.
E dont drink, an e dont smoke, an unless e goes
after thewomen I dont know what e does do. We sit here and think ofEngland, as a lot
of men might sit and think of their childhood.
Its a long time since I ad any decent toffee, he
said, witha curious hunger in his black eyes.
What the hell has it got to do with youwho my pals
are? Well, that one will get a bit of extra weight if es not careful. He did not
understand the reason for it himself. Reynolds was standingup to it, cool, still, as
though he listened.