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Updated: May 15, 2025
Next day I boarded a train which, I was told, would carry me to the Front. We puffed along in a leisurely sort of way. The engineer seemed to halt whenever he had a mind; no matter where he halted, grubby children miraculously appeared and ran along the bank, demanding from Monsieur Engleeshman "ceegarettes" and "beescuits."
'I'll be gettin' a bit leave afore we gang to the Front, said Macgregor, as though the months of training were already nearing an end. 'If ye dinna get leave sune, I'll be up at the barracks to ha'e a word wi' the general. 'It'll likely be a camp, mither. 'Aweel, camp or barracks, see an' keep yer feet cosy, an' dinna smoke ower mony ceegarettes. She fell to with her needle.
'Does the smell o' the ceegarettes annoy ye? inquired Macgregor, now more at ease, though still ashamed of his recent panic. 'Na, na; it's jist deleecious, she protested, 'efter the smell o' the country. 'Did ye no like the country, Miss Tod?
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