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tongues. But establish friendly relations with your 

 garden boy when he is off duty in the evening, and 

 he will surprise you by his freedom of speech and 

 his astute comments on life. He will tell you which 

 of our regiments are engaged in the inevitable 



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African or Indian guerilla campaign, and whether 

 the generals are capable of carrying the business 

 through or no. He will discuss with you the 

 subjects of building, agriculture, local government, 

 and the recent eclipse with the fluency and acumen 

 of a village cobbler, which is saying all that may be 



