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Updated: May 22, 2025
Just take it, even if you never spend it. He clutched one note from the heap which lay upon the table, and held it in a shaking hand towards his son. And Polson still stood like a statue, and stared out of the window.
The Sergeant walked like a man astounded and said no more, and Polson likewise held his peace. They were both quietly businesslike whilst Polson got his kit served out to him, and by the time this work was over, the dinner hour had arrived. He was told off to a mess in a long barrack-room, in which his brother recruits were quartered, under the charge of an old soldier.
'I think you'll find that it won't pay you to use such language in your present position, Private Jervase. He turned away and, with the whip he carried in his hand, struck a resounding blow upon the open door. 'Sergeant! he called, 'bring up a file of men, and take this man to the guardroom. 'On what authority, if you please? asked Polson.
'All right, old chap, Volnay answered, and made haste to add, before his old chum had left the room, 'I'm devilish glad you're going, De Blacquaire, and the whole regiment will share my sentiments. The mess will be a devilish sight happier without you. At this, the Major's pale face flushed for an instant, and Polson grinned sardonically as he strode away.
Now, I was quite determined to hold myself absolutely aloof from everything in the most remote degree savouring of participation in this mad scheme, for many reasons; but I had no objection to the dropping of a hint to Polson now and then, for I considered that by so doing I should strengthen my influence with him.
Polson reported that, upon landing, they had gone to the westward, and thence north, east, and south, spreading themselves out in such a manner as to cover the widest possible extent of country while still retaining touch with each other, and had carefully examined the entire coast line of the island in search of indications of the presence of natives, but finding none; so they had come to the conclusion that they might safely assume the island to be uninhabited, and therefore in that respect, as in all others, eminently suited to their requirements.
'I saw him on Lord Raglan's Staff at the Alma, said Polson, 'and I have heard about him since from time to time. De Blacquaire was hobbling away on his crutches towards the hospital, and by this time was barely visible. Jervase in his black broadcloth and shining silk hat brandished his umbrella in the rear, and there was not another soul in sight. 'I knew you, dear, said Polson.
Now Major de Blacquaire had made a very excellent impression on the elder warrior, who thought that he had behaved honourably and with delicacy in respect to the unfortunate business which had brought them together; but he undid that impression most conclusively. 'Should you call, he asked in his most deliberate and supercilious drawl, 'should you call Mr. Polson a gentleman, sir?
'I say, Sergeant, said Polson, turning to face his conductor, 'that's a filthy bad habit. If you want to be respected, drop it. The Sergeant went as scarlet as his stable-jacket, and said that any conventional recruit had conventionally well got to respect him any conventional how. 'My dear sir, no, said Polson. 'It's quite impossible to respect a man who talks like a foul-mouthed parrot.
Amongst those who escaped this dreary fate were Polson Jervase and the enemy he had rescued at so grave a risk of his own life, and they two, with about one half the original human cargo of the ship, reached Scutari, and were landed there, and carried into hospital.
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