d gentleman that he concluded his new officer was the same. Billy and I, however, threw our influence into the scales of neutrality, for Tosh

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He was in a bad mood. When he reached Ginger he remarked,

ir. I've tried to polish

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high code of discipline was expected of them, and this had been observed under our former platoon commander. Indeed, our platoon had the highest marks in sports and examinations. Yet this awful prig had smashed it all up. If I was sorry for Ginger and T

understood