Subject: forage Boy Scouts

From: "Agnes Pittman" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:21:10 +0300

A corporal dont get a sergeants pay, you know, butwe want to do it as well as we can.
Then,their shopping completed, they turned back. E was quite wild about it; said the bloody corporalsdid emselves bettern the officers mess. Only I wantto make the money go as far as possible.
Bourne had noticed very much the same feeling amongpeasants close to the line. He never will offer to pay unless you make him. Well, youve got to tell the truth, havent you? I wish to God you wouldnt mix the little you do knowwith Hindustani, said Bourne.
Well, youve got a pull over me in other ways.
Oh, thanks all the same, but I like to pay my own way, saidBourne coolly.
And look here, Martlow, youre notgoing to pay for everything tonight, see? Thats my motter in life, an another is ifyouve got a fat ead youve earned it.
Mademoiselle, je ferai tout ce que je puis pour vous servir. E dont seem keen on it, said the sergeant, as Martlow wentreluctantly.
Youre comin out with me tonight, said Martlow to Bournedecisively. They dont drink, an they dont smoke either; but you oughtto see the bugger eat. It was awfully decent of you to take us out.
She could notplunge from this sublimity to an immediate bathos. I wish she wouldnt send me any money, as she wants all she gets,but theres no stoppin er. Il na pourvous, ainsi que pour mademoiselle, que des sentiments tresrespectueux.
You werent polite about the quarter-bloke to Mr Marsden. The men were forbidden to drink from their waterbottles on the march until permission were given.
I wish to God you wouldnt mix the little you do knowwith Hindustani, said Bourne. All right, corporal, said Martlow cheerfully.
Ere, Bourne, was I bloody drunk last night? I like those little redcurrants in syrup which used to come from Bar-le-Duc. Once thebuggers get their knives into you, you cant go right. You werent polite about the quarter-bloke to Mr Marsden.
No, Im not goin to say anything about it, until its more orless settled.
But it was all veryclean; dull and dingy, but clean.