'
'Very well, sir,' Ken answered quietly. And saluting again, he left the
cabin.
Going forward again, he found Roy tucking into an enormous breakfast with
every evidence of enjoyment. Williams was acting as host, and listening
with interest to Roy's account of their wanderings across the peninsula.
Ken asked for Gill, and heard that he was doing very well, but only fit to
lie up for the present.
Roy rose, brushed the crumbs from his lammies and stretched his tall
frame.
'Heigh ho, I wish we could get back to our chaps,' he remarked
regretfully.
'Well, of all the ungrateful beggars!' said Ken with a laugh. 'Talk of
buying a ham and seeing life, you won't see as much in the trenches in a
month as you'll see here in a day.'
'Any one can have this steel box for me,' retorted Roy. 'I like to fight
where I can see what's coming.'
'Maybe you'll see more'n you want before you're finished with this trip,
ye long grouser,' put in Williams. 'This ain't no pleasure picnic, let me
tell you.
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