But in it were two enormous double beds, a table and a chair.
What more could one want?
A large cupboard full of straw furnished a billet for Murdoch and he was allowed to do my simple cooking on the family stove.
Small as my billet was, I was able on one occasion to take in and (p.

045) house three officers of the Leicesters, who arrived one night in preparation for the battle of Neuve Chapelle.

I also stowed away a sergeant in the cupboard with Murdoch.

My three guests were very hungry and very tired and enjoyed a good sleep in the ponderous beds.
I saw a photo of one of the lads afterwards in the Roll of Honour page of the "Graphic," and I remembered the delightful talk I had had with him during his visit.
At that time we were all very much interested in a large fifteen-inch howitzer, which had been placed behind a farmhouse, fast crumbling into ruins.

It was distant two fields from my abode.