I have little with me but a field kit, sir.

It will not require long to pack that." "Then return here at the first whistle, and the letters will be ready for you.

That will be all now." I turned toward the door, but paused irresolutely.

The major was already bent over his task, and writing rapidly.
"I beg your pardon, sir, but as I am still to remain on duty, I presume I must travel in uniform ?" He glanced up, his eyes quizzical, the pen still grasped in his fingers.
"I could never quite understand the eagerness of young officers to get into civilian clothing," he confessed reflectively.

"Why, I haven't even had a suit for ten years.