“I nearly chucked the Service myself a few months back. Glad I didn’t now. War breaks the monotony of routine. It’s what we, who stayed in the Service, have been preparing for. And even you, who made up your mind to break clear away—you have been roped in again. It comes to the same thing in the end.... They’ve emptied the college at Dartmouth, you know—all the cadets going to sea.”
Together they went up the steps into the great building, through the many passages of which, after enquiries made of a messenger, they began uncertainly to thread their way.
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Transcriber's Note
A half-title page has been removed from the text.
The following apparent errors have been corrected:
- p. 33 "class" changed to "class."
- p. 39 "running" changed to "running,"
- p. 40 "heart," changed to "heart"
- p. 166 "brillance" changed to "brilliance"
- p. 168 "written?" changed to "written?”"
- p. 189 "‘Yes," changed to "“Yes,"
- p. 193 "snotties" changed to "snotties’"
- p. 322 "come——’" changed to "come——”"
- p. 322 "old.’" changed to "old.”"
- p. 322 "Christ?’" changed to "Christ?”"
- p. 323 "afraid." changed to "afraid?"
- p. 337 "went on" changed to "went on,"
- p. 341 "him?’" changed to "him?”"
The following are used inconsistently in the text:
- ashtray and ash-tray
- forebridge and fore-bridge
- sideboy and side-boy
- watchkeeping and watch-keeping