Leglise has not only the Military Medal, but also the War Cross. The
notice has just come. He reads it with blushes.
"I shall never dare to show this," he says; "it is a good deal
exaggerated."
He hands me the paper, which states, in substance, that Corporal Leglise
behaved with great gallantry under a hail of bombs, and that his left
leg has been amputated.
"I didn't behave with great gallantry," he says; "I was at my post,
that's all. As to the bombs, I only got one."