It is really most annoying, and I am often kept awake at night, even after a day's fight, thinking of the position of the garrison." "I don't think, if there were a hundred garrisons in danger," Hallett laughed, "it would affect my sleep in the slightest.

I lie down as soon as I have eaten what there is to eat, which certainly is not likely to affect my digestion; and however rough the ground, I am dead asleep as soon as my head touches it, and I do not open an eye until the bugle sounds in the morning.

Even then I have not had enough sleep, and I always indulge in bad language as I put on my belts, at the unearthly hour at which we are always called.

I don't begin to feel half awake till we have gone some miles." "You would wake up sharp enough, Hallett, at the sound of the first gun." "Yes, that is all right enough; but unless that comes, there is nothing to wake one.

The close air of the forest takes out what little starch you have in you, and I verily believe that I am very often asleep, as we march." "It is monotonous, Hallett, but there is always something to see to; to keep the men from straggling, to give a little help, sometimes, to the wretched carriers." "You are such a desperate enthusiast, Bullen.