CAPTMPerfectly“Shelter-pitfortheOff’cer’scharger。”astheysayintheLine。
CAPTGAndIhaveeverythingtomyhandtomakeitsoI’msickofthestrainandtheworryfortheirsakesouthere；andthereisn’tasinglerealdifficultytopreventmydroppingitaltogether。
It’llonlycostme-Jack，Ihopeyou’llneverknowtheshamethatI’vebeengoingthroughforthepastsixmonths。
CAPTMHoldonthere！Idon’twishtohetoldEverymanhashismoodsandtensessometimes。
CAPTGLaughingbrtterly。Hashe？Whatdoyoucallcraningovertoseewhereyournear-forelands？
CAPTMInmycaseitmeansthatIhavebeenontheConsiderableBend，andhavecometoparadewithaHeadandaHandItpassesinthreestrides。
CAPTGLoweringvoice。Itneverpassesw’thme，JackI’malwaysthinkingaboutitPhilGadsbyfunkingafallonparade！
Sweetpicture，isn’tit！Drawitforme。
CAPTMGravely。Heavenforbid！Amanlikeyoucan’tbeasbadasthatAfallisnonicething，butonenevergivesitathought。
CAPTGDoesn’tone？Waittillyou’vegotawifeandayoungsterofyourown，andthenyou’llknowhowtheroarofthesquadronbehindyouturnsyoucoldalluptheback。
CAPTMAside。AndthismanledatAmdheranafterBagalDeasinwentunder，andwewereallmixeduptogether，andhecameoutofthesnowdrippinglikeabutcherAloud。Skittles！
Themencanalwaysopenout，andyoucanalwayspickyourwaymoreorlessWehaven’tthedusttobotherus，asthemenhave，andwhoeverheardofahorsesteppingonaman？
CAPTGNever-aslongashecanseeButdidtheyopenoutforpoorErrington？
CAPTMOh，thisischildish！
CAPTGIknowitis，worsethanthatIdon’tcareYou’veriddenVanLooIshethesortofbrutetopickhisway-’speciallywhenwe’recomingupincolumnoftroopwithanypaceon？
CAPTMOnceinaBlueMoondowegallopincolumnoftroop，andthenonlytosavetimeAren’tthreelengthsenoughforyou？
CAPTGYes-quiteenoughTheyjustallowforthefulldevelopmentofthesmashI’mtalkinglikeacur，Iknow：butItellyouthat，forthepastthreemonths，I’vefelteveryhoofofthesquadroninthesmallofmybackeverytimethatI’veled。
CAPTMBut，Gaddy，thisisawful！
CAPTGIsn’titlovely？Isn’titroyal？ACaptainofthePinkHussarswateringuphischargerbeforeparadeliketheblastedboozingColonelofaBlackRegiment！
CAPTMYouneverdid！
CAPTGOnceOnlyHesquelchedlikeamussuck，andtheTroop-Sergeant-MajorcockedhiseyeatmeYouknowoldHaffy’seyeIwasafraidtodoitagain。
CAPTMIshouldthinksoThatwasthebestwaytoruptureoldVanLoo’stummy，andmakehimcrumpleyouupYouknewthat。
CAPTGIdidn’tcareIttooktheedgeoffhim。
CAPTM“Tooktheedgeoffhim“？Gaddy，you-you-youmustn’t，youknow！Thinkofthemen。
CAPTGThat’sanotherthingIamafraidofD’yous’posetheyknow？
CAPTMLet’shopenot；butthey’redeadlyquicktospotskirm-littlethingsofthatkindSeehere，oldman，sendtheWifeHomeforthehotweatherandcometoKashmirwithmeWe’llstartaboatontheDalorcrosstheRhotang-shootibexorloaf-
whichyoupleaseOnlycome！You’reabitoffyouroatsandyou’retalkingnonsenseLookattheColonel-swag-belliedrascalthatheisHehasawifeandnoendofabow-windowofhisownCananyoneofusrideroundhim-chalkstonesandall？Ican’t，andIthinkI
canshoveacrockalongabit。
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CAPTMUglyword，thatIshouldneverhavethecouragetoownup。
CAPTGImeanttolieaboutmyreasonswhenIbegan，but-I’vegotoutofthehabitoflyingtoyou，oldmanJack，youwon’t？-ButIknowyouwon’t。
CAPTMOfcoursenotHalfaloud。ThePinksarepayingdearlyfortheirPride。
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