I don't care a hang." There was much food for thought in the manner in which he replied.

He came near to convincing them by disdaining to produce proofs.

They grew excited over it.
There was a youthful private who listened with eager ears to the words of the tall soldier and to the varied comments of his comrades.

After receiving a fill of discussions concerning marches and attacks, he went to his hut and crawled through an intricate hole that served it as a door.

He wished to be alone with some new thoughts that had lately come to him.
He lay down on a wide bank that stretched across the end of the room.
In the other end, cracker boxes were made to serve as furniture.