'Oh, we're supposed to say nothing, but——'
'But what? Come, let us know. We hadn't been relieved long, when we were called back again, and we found the Boches in the very place we had taken.'
'Still, we are doing well south of the Ancre, and that's what the dispatches will be jubilant about, and that's what the people at home will know of. If we'd taken G——, we should have had the key of the whole position here, too. But there, I must be off. Cheer up, and look perky, my boy. There'll be no obituary notices about you this time. Yes, you can dress and get up when you want to, although I don't think you will want to. You will be fit for duty in two or three days.'
'By the way, do you know how Edgecumbe is?'
'He's all right. Wonderful chap! I hear he's to be recommended for all sorts of things.'
'He deserves them,' I said; 'he ought to have a commission.'
'I hear that's coming, too. Good-bye, old man.'
The next day I came across Edgecumbe. His face looked more like parchment than ever, but the wonderful look still remained in his eyes.
'You are better, sir. You are all right!' he exclaimed eagerly.
'Oh, yes, I am all right,' I replied. 'Now let us hear about the great things you have to tell me of. Your memory's come back, hasn't it?'