to me: ''Ardy!' 'e sez, 'you've bin 'it
pretty bad and I find you deserve a softer class of dewty than goin' back
t' prisoner's escort. I think I'll recommend you for Provo'-Sorjint, in
charge o' th' Guard-room, w'en you're able t' return t' dewty,' 'e sez."

With an effort Redmond roused himself to the point of congratulating the
Cockney upon his prospective promotion. He had no desire to act as a wet
blanket on such an auspicious occasion as this, his own troubles
notwithstanding.

"That ain't all," continued Hardy, with a gloating chuckle. "Th' Old
Man, 'e sez 'Belt's bein' invalided, McCullough's gettin' 'is third
stripe, an' Dyvis is goin' dahn t' th' Corp'ril's Class at Regina, but
that there young Redmond worries me! I don't know wot t' do abaht 'im,'
'e sez--jes' like that--sorter kind-like--not a bit like th' O.C. o' a
Division torkin' t' a buck private.

"'Beg yer pardon, Sir!' I sez, 'but if you let 'im go back t' Dyvidsburg
I fink 'e'll be quite contented. Seems like 'e wants t' be wiv Sorjint
Slavin an' Constable Yorke agin.'

"'Fink so?' sez 'e, pullin' 'is oweld moustache, 'I sure do, Sir,' I sez.
'So be it, then!' 'e sez, turnin' t' Kilbride, but th' Inspector 'e sez
nothin':--'e on'y larfs. An' then they went away."

Redmond, giving vent to a delighted oath, came out of his sulks on the
instant.

"Hardy!" he cried, "you're a gentleman! . . ."

"Nay!" was the other's disclaimer. "A dranken oweld soweljer, son . . .
that's all."

But Redmond heard him not. With elbows resting upon the balcony-rail he
was looking beyond the Elbow Bridge, beyond Shagnappi Point--westwards to
Davidsburg, his face registering the supreme content of a man who had
just attained his heart's desire.

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