“More’s the pity”-I recall your contempt for any pre-said sentiment, any easy phrasing. Had you said “head” or “heart” I’d have thought you were exaggerating, but surely Mad Jack has made non-mortal wounds before.Īnd yes, I included the cliché intentionally. I believed you, when you said you’d stab me in the leg to stop my going. over whiskey that you find the idea of sick leave abhorrent, that all good men ache for the front. You should have known that every word from your mouth is Holy Writ and Imperial Decree to me, and so you can’t honestly expect me to obey you when you beg me not to return to the front, and then tell R. And more’s the pity if that officer issued contradictory orders in the first place. There’s no sense being cross with me-you know better than most that an officer can’t give orders and then blame the soldier for carrying them out.
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