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The splashing made by the oars ceased, and Tom put his lips close to Aleck's ear. "You arn't going to surrender, are yer, Master Aleck?" "No; use your oar as a pole, and get us farther away." "Do you hear there?" cried another voice. "Heave-to, or I'll fire." "All gammon, Master Aleck; I know. Don't believe they've got any pistols." "There was a shot fired," said Aleck. "Orficer's, p'raps, sir.
'There'll be a orficer's inspection, whispered the sentry, 'a minute or two arter midnight. When that there little ceremony has took place, you and me is goin' for a walk. 'Where? 'Anywheres, Mas'r Dick. 'You mean to escape? 'Precisely so, sir. For a moment his pulses beat furiously with hope; but the realisation of what it meant for the old groom killed it like a sudden frost.
If this were all the good that war could do, it would still be our ultimate gain that the great scourge is passing over the world. "Orficers," said "Pongo" Simpson, "is rum blokes. I've got a fam'ly of six kids back at 'ome, not counting Emma what's in service, an' I reckon my orficer's more trouble to look after nor all the lot of 'em put together.
You are to go into the orderly room and wash all the dishes: then you go and run messages, then you 'old the orficer's horse and then maybe when you're worryin' your own bit of grub they come and bundle you out to sweep up the orficers' mess, or run an errand for the 'ead cook and bottle-washer. Light duties ain't arf a job.
They can leave off when they like, and row when they like." The men heard his words and ceased pulling for a few minutes to gaze blankly round in search of help, but the shining, sunny haze shut them in, and Tom Fillot settled himself in his seat again. "Better pull, mates," he said, in a harsh, strange voice; "the orficer's right. We're worse off doing nothing."
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