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-"I begin to find an idle and fond bondage in the oppression of aged tyranny, who sways not as it hath power but as it is suffered." -SHAKESPEARE
For the next few days they were continually on the move, and Bourne did nothing for the orderly-room but help to stow and unstow a few tin deed-boxes, eating, marching and sleeping with his company. Captain NMalet had gone on leave unexpectedly, and Captain Havelock became adjutant in his place. The roads were dusty, a lot of the route pave, hot and unyielding to the feet, and the flat stones worn or shifted to an uneven surface; while the sycamores or poplars bordering the sides were not close enough to give much shelter from a pitiless sun.