“Back to the trenches and made a Corporal. A small thing, eh? Just the
same, it made me happy. I was touched by the friendly spirit of the
fellows. Gaston shook my hand at least six times, muttering, ‘Ah, _mon
vieux_, _mon vieux_, how I have missed you!’ This does one good. And
I had better not get lost in the question as to how much of all this
attachment I deserve.”
[Illustration:
_Drawn by Joseph Cummings Chase._