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"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. 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
e 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. 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.”  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 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
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