He runs it over with a smile of satisfaction.

“Everything went all right, Sergeant-Major?”

“Yes, Captain.”

“Good. Didn’t I tell you that it would simply be a promenade ... but I’ll recommend you for a citation.”

Half an hour later I was snoring soundly in a dugout.


CHAPTER XIX
A WREATH

We fell back in good order—in as good order as our wounds and the enemy’s artillery fire permitted.