Vanished were their hopes of Rapide,

Hopes of going on by Rapide,

Seeing Rome and seeing Paris.

“Never mind,” said Tiadatha,

To the red-tabbed gunner captain,

“Every day we hang about here,

Every day the journey’s lengthened,

Means a day of warfare over,

Means the end a little nearer.”

So they sojourned at the Rest Camp,