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Updated: May 9, 2025
That scene between her and the curate in the conservatory ... And when she talks to Arthur at the meet of the Blankshires ... I was sorry she did not like Pamela. Somehow it lowered Pamela in my estimation. "But I like Arthur," said the girl. This was better. A good chap, Arthur, a very complete and thoughtful study of myself. If she liked Arthur, why, then it followed ... but what was the use?
'And we know you've just relieved the Fifth Blankshires; and what's more, we know who's going to relieve you, and when. ''E knows a bloomin' heap, said a Tower Bridge private disgustedly; 'an' wot's more, I believe 'e does know it. Then, raising his voice, he asked, 'Do you know when we're comin' to take some more of them trenches o' yours?
A face, with a bayonet in front of it, loomed up from the side of the road. "Friend!" this tersely. "Sentry, have you seen a battery of artillery and a platoon of shires pass here?" "No, sir; you're nearly in the outpost line. There's only Royal Blankshires in front, sir." So they had evidently not come this way. Where next? They must be found.
The cyclist returned to report that the village was deserted by the French, and that there was no sign of the Blankshires. Evidently the O.C. Platoon had not been so fortunate in finding his way in the dark. Dawn broke, and the expected order to retire did not come. The men slept on, intent on snatching as many moments of precious sleep as possible. Still no orders came.
One pleasant thing about this coming down is the welcome of the regimental band, which is usually at work as soon as the men turn off from the high road. I hear several bands on the British front; they do much to enhance the general cheerfulness. On one of these days of my tour I had the pleasure of seeing the -th Blankshires coming down after a fight.
Yet, we thought, he must have seen some tough times, for he knew all about each phase of the Somme operations. Beaumont Hamel? He explained exactly how the Blankshires and Dashshires, behind a dense barrage, converged up the high ground fronting the stronghold. Stuff Redoubt? He gave us a complete account of its capture, loss, and recapture.
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