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But his consolation came on parade, when he looked down the full companies, and reflected how few were in hospital or cells, and wondered when the time would come to try the machine of his love and labour. BUT HIS CONSOLATION CAME ON PARADE WHEN HE LOOKED DOWN THE FULL COMPANIES AND REFLECTED HOW FEW WERE IN HOSPITALS OR CELLS AND WONDERED WHEN THE TIME WOULD COME TO TRY THE MACHINE OF HIS LOVE AND LABOUR
en the adjutant was promoted, and Cottar rejoiced with him, for he admired the adjutant greatly, and marvelled who might be big enough to fill his place; so that he nearly collapsed when the mantle fell on his own shoulders, and the colonel said a few sweet things that made him blush. An adjutant’s position does not differ materially from that of head of the school, and Cottar stood in the same relation to the colonel as he had to his old Head in England. Only, tempers wear out in hot weather, and things were said and done that tried him sorely, and he made glorious blunders, from which the regimental sergeant-major pulled him with a loyal soul and a shut mouth. Slovens and incompetents raged against him; the weak-minded strove to lure him from the ways of justice; the small-minded—yea, men whom Cottar believed would never do “things no fellow can do”—imputed motives mean and circuitous to actions that he had not spent a thought upon; and he tasted injustice, and it made him very sick. NK OF HIS FIRST TIGER THEN THE ADJUTANT WAS PROMOTED AND COTTO REJOICED WITH HIM FOR HE ADMIRED THE ADJUTANT GREATLY AND MARVELLED WHO MIGHT BE BIG ENOUGH TO FILL HIS PLACE SO THAT HE NEARLY COLLAPSED WHEN THE MANTLE FELL ON HIS OWN SHOULDERS AND THE COLONEL SAID A FEW SWEET THINGS THAT MADE HIM BLUSH AN ADJUTANT'S POSITION DOES NOT DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THAT OF HEAD OF THE SCHOOL AND COTER STOOD IN THE SAME RELATION TO THE COLONEL AS HE HAD TO HIS OLD HEAD IN ENGLAND ONLY TEMPERS WEAR OUT IN HOT WEATHER AND THINGS WERE SAID AND DONE THAT TRIED HIM SORELY AND HE MADE GLORIOUS BLUNDERS FROM WHICH THE REGIMENTAL SERGEANT MAJOR PULLED HIM WITH A LOYAL SOUL AND A SHUTMOUTH SLOVENS AND INCOMPETENCE RAGED AGAINST HIM THE WEAK MINDED STROVE TO LURE HIM FROM THE WAYS OF JUSTICE THE SMALL MINDED YEA MEN WHOM CARTER BELIEVED WOULD NEVER DO THINGS NO FELLOW CAN DO IMPUTED MOTIVES MEAN AND CIRCUITOUS TO ACTIONS THAT HE HAD NOT SPENT A THOUGHT UPON AND HE TASTED INJUSTICE AND IT MADE HIM VERY SICK
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