"No, no. Pull yourself together now. Be a man! You won't feel anything at all."
The orderly untied the sling and began to unwind the bandage, but the man drew his arm away and cried:
"Oo, oo, oo,—very painful, sir, very painful!"
The orderly, pleased at being mistaken for an officer, said in a soothing, patronizing voice:
"We'll just have this bit o' bandage orf an' then we'll give yer some gas and send yer orf to sleep. You won't feel nothin' and yer a sure Blighty. I wouldn' be surprised if yer got acrorss termorrer."
He went on unwinding the bandage, but the man began to shout and struggle again.
Thereupon the surgeon intervened:
"For God's sake be quiet. Pull yourself together and don't make such a fuss."
"I can't 'elp it, sir—I couldn't never stick no pain, sir, no, sir, never, sir—it's very painful, sir, very painful. I'll try 'ard, I'll do me best—but it is painful, sir."
However, as soon as the bandage was pulled a little he yelled and writhed. The surgeon at last lost patience and said: "Hold him down."