"The ingratitude of the lower classes is disgraceful. I am tempted to despair of the State when I think of it. The only way is to let these occurrences pass into oblivion, to set oneself resolutely to forget them as if they had never been."
I agreed; but since then Granby has always eyed me curiously. I think he suspects that I am not forgetting resolutely enough.
A Field Officer writes: "Yesterday I was saluted by an Australian private. It was a great day for me."