Would you rather be on staff duty, or rejoin your regiment ?" "If you give me the choice, sir, I would rather rejoin the regiment.

Staff duty in war time is extremely interesting; but in peace time, I would rather be at work with the regiment.
"You see, sir, I am very young, and much younger than any of the staff; and I am sure that I should feel very much out of place." "I agree with you," the general said, with a smile.

"I think that you are wise to prefer regimental duty.

I have written home, giving my account of your gallant action; telling how you were not, as reported, killed; and recommending you, in the strongest possible terms, for the V.C." "I am greatly indebted to you, sir.

I do not feel that I have done anything at all out of the way, and acted only on the impulse of the moment." "You could not have done better, had you thought of it for an hour," the general said; "but as I also reported your defence of that hut, I have little doubt that you will get the well-earned V.C." There was great satisfaction among the officers and the regiment, when Lisle told them of his interview with the general.
It was soon evident, from the sale of the transport animals, that the war was over; and the regiment shortly afterwards returned to their old quarters, at Rawal Pindi, and fell into the old routine of drill.
In the middle of the following summer Lisle, while fielding at cricket in a match with another regiment, suddenly staggered and fell.