The '44 Vintage
“From his chosen spot in the darkness just beyond the dim circle of light cast by the hurricane lamp Butler watched them with a sour mixture of contempt and disapproval.
The mixture embarrassed him, and also confused him because he couldn’t square it with his impression of either Major O’Conor or Sergeant-major Swayne, who belonged to the world of soldiering which he understood. But these men—the major’s men, the sergeant-major’s men, and also (Jesus Christ!) his new comrades—came from anoth...er world altogether, and one which he did not understand at all.
He knew he was green and raw and wet behind the ears, and that the memory of the only shots he’d ever fired in anger—at the major himself—made his cheeks burn at the very thought of it.
And he knew that first impressions could be false impressions— Must be false impressions.
It had looked more like a bandit encampment than a unit of the British Army about to go into action.MoreLess
The mixture embarrassed him, and also confused him because he couldn’t square it with his impression of either Major O’Conor or Sergeant-major Swayne, who belonged to the world of soldiering which he understood. But these men—the major’s men, the sergeant-major’s men, and also (Jesus Christ!) his new comrades—came from anoth...er world altogether, and one which he did not understand at all.
He knew he was green and raw and wet behind the ears, and that the memory of the only shots he’d ever fired in anger—at the major himself—made his cheeks burn at the very thought of it.
And he knew that first impressions could be false impressions— Must be false impressions.
It had looked more like a bandit encampment than a unit of the British Army about to go into action.MoreLess
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