The Cadet Sergeant Major
“Graham snapped as the section straggled into the firelight.
Doyle opened his mouth but his 2ic, LCpl Melchert spoke first. “Where haven’t we been!” he snarled.
“Where haven’t we been Sir,” Graham growled back. Melchert opened his mouth, then shut it. He looked sullen.
“Speak when you are spoken to,” Graham continued. “I asked Cpl Doyle.”
Dimbo Doyle flapped his hands and gestured at the surrounding darkness. “Not sure Sir.”
“You were supposed to come in that way, from the south,” Graham pointed..., “Yet you arrive from the north. You must have skirted right around the Bunyip Billabong.”
An angry cadet stepped forward. “We floundered through the bloody thing,” he cried. Graham fixed a hard eye on him, trying to remember the boy’s name, till the cadet added “Sir.”
Only then did Graham notice they were all soaked from the waist down and plastered with mud.
“Alright, warm up around the fire. Cpl Doyle, get your notebook out.”
Doyle thrust his hand down to his map pocket and the changing expression on his face told Graham the story.MoreLess
Doyle opened his mouth but his 2ic, LCpl Melchert spoke first. “Where haven’t we been!” he snarled.
“Where haven’t we been Sir,” Graham growled back. Melchert opened his mouth, then shut it. He looked sullen.
“Speak when you are spoken to,” Graham continued. “I asked Cpl Doyle.”
Dimbo Doyle flapped his hands and gestured at the surrounding darkness. “Not sure Sir.”
“You were supposed to come in that way, from the south,” Graham pointed..., “Yet you arrive from the north. You must have skirted right around the Bunyip Billabong.”
An angry cadet stepped forward. “We floundered through the bloody thing,” he cried. Graham fixed a hard eye on him, trying to remember the boy’s name, till the cadet added “Sir.”
Only then did Graham notice they were all soaked from the waist down and plastered with mud.
“Alright, warm up around the fire. Cpl Doyle, get your notebook out.”
Doyle thrust his hand down to his map pocket and the changing expression on his face told Graham the story.MoreLess
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