I was so unprepared that it knocked me down, but I saw Lawrence runnin' toward the station.

I picked myself up and went and sat down on the bench outside the sheds to think what I ought to do.

I knew, as well as I know now, that Lawrence was runnin' away, and I had drove him to it.

But I swear, sir, before my Colonel and my God, that I didn't mean to make Lawrence mad, or misuse him in any way.

You know my record, sir." "Yes," answered Colonel Fortescue, his pity divided among Lawrence and his wife, and the honest, well-meaning McGillicuddy, who had brought about a catastrophe.
"For God's sake, sir," said McGillicuddy, "wiping his forehead, be as easy on Lawrence as you can, and give me a day--two days--leave to hunt him up." This the Colonel did, warning McGillicuddy not to repeat what had occurred on the aviation plain.
The Sergeant got his leave, and another two days, all spent in hunting for Lawrence.