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I'm sorry these soldiers are going to fill the place; he thinks and talks quite enough of them as it is. We shan't have a moment's peace now till they're gone.' I'M SORRY THESE SOLDIERS ARE GOING TO FILL THE PLACE HE THINKS AND TALKS QUITE ENOUGH OF THEM AS IT IS WE SHAN'T HAVE A MOMENT'S PEACE NOW TILL THEY'RE GONE
ou.' 'I don't know what that boy will come to,' said Mrs. Platt later on, when Teddy was safe in bed; 'seems to me he has more the making of a minister in him than a soldier. I don't hold with children being too religious; it's forced and unnatural.' 'He ain't too good to live,' put in Jake slowly; 'no youngster can beat him in play.' 'I often wonder,' Mrs. John said thoughtfully, 'whether he will be a soldier after all; he is almost too sensitive to lead the hard, rough life so many do. I doubt if he could stand it.' 'He's not wanting in pluck and manliness,' Mrs. Platt observed, for she always had a good word to say for her little grandson when he was not present. 'I found him this morning careering round the field on that fresh young foal, without any saddle or bridle! I gave him a sharp scolding, for it was kicking up its hind legs like mad; but he only looked up in my face and laughed. "It's my charger, granny," he says, "and he smells the battle-field; that's why he's so excited! OULD YOU GRANNIE PERHAPS HE'D DO IT FOR YOU I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT BOY WILL COME TO SAID MISSUS PLATT LATER ON WHEN TEDDY WAS SAFE IN BED SEEMS TO ME HIS MORE THAN THE MAKING OF A MINISTER IN HIM THAN A SOLDIER I DON'T HOLD WITH CHILDREN BEING TOO RELIGIOUS IT'S FORCED AND UNNATURAL HE AIN'T TOO GOOD TO LIVE PUT IN JAKE SLOWLY NO YOUNGSTER CAN BEAT HIM IN PLAY I OFTEN WONDER MISSUS JOHN SAID THOUGHTFULLY WHETHER HE WILL BE A SOLDIER AFTER ALL HE IS ALMOST TOO SENSITIVE TO LEAD THE HARD ROUGH LIFE SO MANY DO I DOUBT IF HE COULD STAND IT HE'S NOT WANTING IN PLUCK AND MANLINESS MISSUS PLATT OBSERVED FOR SHE ALWAYS HAD A GOOD WORD TO SAY FOR HER LITTLE GRANDSON WHEN HE WAS NOT PRESENT I FOUND HIM THIS MORNING CAREENING AROUND THE FIELD ON THAT FRESH YOUNG FOLD WITHOUT ANY SADDLE OR BRIDLE I GAVE HIM A SHARP SCOLDING FOR IT WAS KICKING UP ITS HIND LEGS LIKE MAD BUT AILE LOOKED UP IN MY FACE AND LAUGHED IT'S MY CHARGER GRANNIE HE SAYS AND HE SMELLS THE BATTLE FIELD THAT'S WHY HE'S SO EXCITED
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