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Cottar was cantering across to polo, and he looked a very satisfactory figure of a man as he gave easily to the first excited bucks of his pony, and slipped over a low mud wall to the practice ground. TO WAS CANTERING ACROSS TO POLO AND HE LOOKED A VERY SATISFACTORY FIGURE OF A MAN AS HE GAVE EASILY TO THE FIRST EXCITED BUCKS OF HIS PONY AND SLIPPED OVER A LOW MUD WALL TO THE PRACTICE GROUND
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. 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.” “I’m full o’ complaints,” said Mrs. Corporal Morrison, “an’ I’d kill O’Halloran’s fat sow of a wife any day, but ye know how it is. ’E puts ’is head just inside the door, an’ looks down ’is blessed nose so bashful, an’ ’e whispers, ‘Any complaints’ Ye can’t complain after that. _I_ want to kiss him. Some day I think I will. Heigh-ho! she’ll be a lucky woman that gets Young Innocence. See ’im now, girls. Do ye blame me?” RE 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 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 I'M FULL OF COMPLAINTS SAID MISSUS CORPORAL MORRISON AND I'D KILL OLD HOLLERAN'S FAT SOW OF A WIFE ANY DAY BUT YOU KNOW HOW IT IS HE PUTS HIS HEAD JUST INSIDE THE DOOR AND LOOKS DOWN HIS BLESSED NOSE SO BASHFUL AND HE WHISPERS ANY COMPLAINTS YOU CAN'T COMPLAIN AFTER THAT I WANT TO KISS HIM ONE DAY I THINK I WILL HEY HO SHE'LL BE A LUCKY WOMAN THAT GETS YOUNG INNOCENCE SEE HIM NOW GIRLS DO YOU BLAME ME
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