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His words were quoted as barrack authority on bets in canteen and at tea; and the veriest shrew of the corps, bursting with charges against other women who had used the cooking ranges out of turn, forbore to speak when Cottar, as the regulations ordained, asked of a morning if there were "any complaints." HIS WORDS WERE QUOTED AS BARRACK AUTHORITY ON BETS IN CANTEEN AND AT TEA AND THE VERIEST SHREW OF THE CORPS BURSTING WITH CHARGES AGAINST OTHER WOMEN WHO HAD USED THE COOKING RANGES OUT OF TURN FORBORE TO SPEAK WHEN COTTER AS THE REGULATIONS ORDAINED ASKED OF A MORNING IF THERE WERE ANY COMPLAINTS
his experiences, but the men spoke enthusiastically, and fragments of it leaked back to the colonel through sergeants, batmen, and the like. There was great jealousy between the first and second detachments, but the men united in adoring Cottar, and their way of showing it was by sparing him all the trouble that men know how to make for an unloved officer. He sought popularity as little as he had sought it at school, and therefore it came to him. He favoured no one—not even when the company sloven pulled the company cricket-match out of the fire with an unexpected forty-three at the last moment. There was very little getting round him, for he seemed to know by instinct exactly when and where to head off a malingerer; but he did not forget that the difference between a dazed and sulky junior of the upper school and a bewildered, browbeaten lump of a private fresh from the depot was very small indeed. The sergeants, seeing these things, told him secrets generally hid from young officers. ILS HE NEVER TOLD HIS EXPERIENCES BUT THE MEN SPOKE ENTHUSIASTICALLY AND FRAGMENTS OF IT LEAKED BACK TO THE COLONEL THROUGH SERGEANTS BATMAN AND THE LIKE THERE WAS GREAT JEALOUSY BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND DETACHMENTS BUT THE MEN UNITED IN ADORING CUTTER AND THEIR WAY OF SHOWING IT WAS BY SPARING HIM ALL THE TROUBLE THAT MEN KNOW HOW TO MAKE FOR AN UNLOVED OFFICER HE SOUGHT POPULARITY AS LITTLE AS HE HAD SOUGHT IT AT SCHOOL AND THEREFORE IT CAME TO HIM HE FAVOURED NO ONE NOT EVEN WHEN THE COMPANY SLOVEN PULLED THE COMPANY CRICKET MATCH OUT OF THE FIRE WITH AN UNEXPECTED FORTY THREE AT THE LAST MOMENT THERE WAS VERY LITTLE GETTING ROUND HIM FOR HE SEEMED TO KNOW BY INSTINCT EXACTLY WHEN AND WHERE TO HEAD OFF A MALINGERER BUT HE DID NOT FORGET THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DAZED AND SULKY JUNIOR OF THE UPPER SCHOOL AND A BEWILDERED BROWBEATEN LUMP OF A PRIVATE FRESH FROM THE DEPOT WAS VERY SMALL INDEED THE SERGEANTS SEEING THESE THINGS TOLD HIM SECRETS GENERALLY HID FROM YOUNG OFFICERS
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