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The mind, set free from the day's doings, generally ceased working altogether, or, if it moved at all, carried him along the old beach road to the downs, the lamp post, and, once in a while, to terrible Policeman Day. THE MIND SET FREE FROM THE DAY'S DOINGS GENERALLY CEASED WORKING ALTOGETHER OR IF IT MOVED AT ALL CARRIED HIM ALONG THE OLD BEACH ROAD TO THE DOWNS THE LAMP POST AND ONCE IN A WHILE TWO TERRIBLE POLICEMEN DAY
lation 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. 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 they needed and expected the whole of a man’s working-day, and maybe three or four hours of the night. Curiously enough, he never dreamed about the regiment as he was popularly supposed to. R 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 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 BUT THEY NEEDED AND EXPECTED THE WHOLE OF A MAN'S WORKING DAY AND MAYBE THREE OR FOUR HOURS OF THE NIGHT CURIOUSLY ENOUGH HE NEVER DREAMED ABOUT THE REGIMENT AS HE WAS POPULARLY SUPPOSED TO
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