You're nervous--and it was just the nervous ones that did stand it.

When nearly all our officers were gone, we had a man come out--a man called Margeritson, from India--big merchant people out there.

They all said he was no good--not a bit of good--nervous chap.

No good at all.

But when you had to get out of the trench and go for the Germans he was perfect--perfect--It all came to him then, at the crisis, and he was perfect.
"Some things frighten one man, and some another.