“Exchange? How can he?”
“Exchange? Nonsense! Get strong, return to his company, and show every one that he is not the coward they think.”
“There’s something in that, certainly,” said Dickenson sadly; “but he’ll want opportunities. Suppose he had the chance to save the major’s life; how do we know that he too wouldn’t set it about that Lennox was more cowardly still? Saving lives doesn’t seem to pay.”
“Nonsense, my lad! You’re speaking bitterly now.”
“Enough to make me, sir. It isn’t only Roby; Lennox saved Corporal May as well.”
“Never mind that. You tell Lennox to try again. Third time, they say, never fails.”
“Humph!” said Dickenson. “Well, we shall see.”
“Yes,” said the doctor; “we shall see.”