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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Keep down as you pass this place, shouted a hoarse voice through the darkness."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The parapet's blown in."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Way for the wounded!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Good luck, you blighters! exclaimed the first of the wounded Tommies, a tall cadaverous man, with his head roughly bandaged and his arm in a sling."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You're going to a hot shop, s'welp me. Fifteen of our chaps copped it in ten minutes. Never mind; it's for Blighty I am."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Copped it proper, explained one of the wounded."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Never 'ad as much as a blinkin' chance to fire my blessed rifle."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wouldn't 'ave been much use if you did, Tommy, rejoined his comrade with a laugh."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You knowed as 'ow you're the rottenest shot in the battalion."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No need to rub that in afore a lot of strangers, retorted the other."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is that the ration party?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, replied the sergeant."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Reliefs for the Wheatshires."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good luck to 'em, then! rejoined the speaker."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But where the deuce are the rations? There's no barrage fire on now, an' we ain't seen no grub for two whole days."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Keep your heads down, lads."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here you are, explained the guide as the head of the platoon emerged into a short"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "or section of the winding trench."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Two men to each dug-out, sir; t'other fellows will show 'em the ropes better. C.O.'s dug-out is fifty yards further on, sir."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Stick to me, Setley,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Will if I can, replied Ralph."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They're telling us off in pairs."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You two in there, ordered a strange sergeant, indicating what appeared to be a glorified rabbit-hole burrowed out of the side of the trench."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "New chums, mates,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come in, said a youthful voice."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mind your head. I thought it was Dixon with the grub. Don't keep the curtain held back longer than usual. It isn't healthy, you know."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "in the trenches. The excavation measured roughly twelve feet by nine, its height being barely sufficient to allow a tall man to stand upright. At the end furthest from the entrance was a stove fashioned out of an old tin bucket and provided with a decidedly inefficient chimney, since most of the fumes wafted into the dug-out. On the stove a"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's right, continued the voice that had bidden the strangers enter."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sling your gear on that bench, and please don't trouble to wipe your boots. We didn't bother to polish the floor this morning."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "In the absence of a mutual friend to introduce us, remarked the recumbent occupant of the sleeping-place,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I suppose we must do the honours ourselves. My name's Penfold--No. 142857, which is jolly easy to remember if you know anything about recurring decimals. What's yours?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That so? remarked Penfold."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I was in a shipping office. And your chum?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alderhame is my name, replied the actor."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My profession? Well, I used to tread the boards."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Strikes me you'll still tread the boards and feel jolly sick at doing it before long, rejoined Penfold with a laugh."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Duck-boards I mean. We were to have been relieved at eight this evening. Another regiment is supposed to take our place, but they didn't turn up. Why, I don't know; there wasn't much of a barrage this evening--and now the infernal racket is starting again."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is this place shell-proof?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nothing is, replied Penfold nonchalantly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A direct hit with a big shell and it's 'Gone West' with the three of us. Hullo!"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look slippy, you chaps! he exclaimed."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Every man is wanted. There's a massed attack developing."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Follow me, exclaimed Penfold."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Keep well down."
}
] |
51332
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "There's a man lying here!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know, replied his new chum."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He's been there for the last three hours. Our fellows haven't had time to bring him in yet. Don't worry about that; you'll soon get used to it."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "On! exclaimed Penfold breathlessly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't wait. The stretcher-bearers will be along for that fellow in half a shake."
}
] |
51332
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "What are you hanging back for? shouted a sergeant."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How the deuce can the rest of the men get by when you're blocking the road? Push along, both of you!"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here they come!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Deutschland über alles!"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come on, boys!"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "So much for Buckingham: off with his head, yelled Alderhame, as he ejected the still smoking cartridge-case from the breach of his rifle."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How's that, my festive?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thanks,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mercy, Kamerad!"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hands up!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Keep 'em up! he continued, addressing his prisoner."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A little of that'll do you no 'arm. You bide 'ere till you're told to shift."
}
] |
51332
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Back, men! he ordered."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't get out of touch with the rest of the company. Secure your prisoners and retire."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Retire, be hanged! muttered George."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wot's to prevent us going on to Berlin? Eh, you treacherous swine, wot's the game?"
}
] |
51332
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mercy, Kamerad; me haf wife and six children!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Liar! shouted the now furious Tommy, giving the treacherous Boche a generous amount of cold steel."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You've a widow an' six orphans!"
}
] |
51332
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How about grub? enquired Penfold, as the men regained the safety of their own lines."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There's no barrage now? Why can't they bring our tommy up to us?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Could do with a good meal myself, said Sefton."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Fortunately, we were served out with bully-beef before we arrived. You can have some of mine."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thanks, awfully, replied his new chum."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll accept; but, remember, it's bad policy. Generosity is all very well, but here it's each man for himself in the grub line. You can't blame a half-starving fellow sneaking any food that he finds lying about, you know."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How is it that you're short of rations?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Goodness only knows. The Huns were going it pretty hot all day and during the earlier part of this evening. Perhaps our ration party copped it. Everything has to be brought up by hand in this section of the line, replied Penfold."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, let's foot it, before the guns start again. The Boches will be pretty wild after this little affair."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What luck! ejaculated Penfold, stopping short at a heap of disordered sand-bags and splintered timber that marked the site of their temporary abode."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Our dug-out has been properly strafed. We would have all gone West by this time if we'd been inside. But I say, you fellows; what price grub, now?"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Suppose the fellow would have done me in if I hadn't got him first,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What are you jabbering about, Alderhame?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, Thou dost not bite so nigh As benefits forgot."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's _As You Like It!_ chum. It aptly describes our condition. Horribly cold, and benefits in the shape of bully-beef gone, though not forgotten. Where's our next lodging?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "D'ye think I'm a Cook's tourist guide? snapped the N.C.O."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Turn in where you can. There are a good many half empty dug-outs now, I'm thinking."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Advance cages."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In here,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Anyone at home?"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I say, you've made a mistake. This isn't your caboodle."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No mistake, chummy, replied Penfold firmly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We've been shelled out. We crave your hospitality. How many men in this dug-out?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There were eight this morning,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where are the others?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ask me another."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will, rejoined Penfold, depositing his rifle on a bench."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Have they left any grub?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wish they had, was the grim answer. Then, with more eagerness than he had hitherto shown, he asked:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Have you any food? I haven't had a bite since this morning. Finished the whole of my ration, including jam, thinking that the fresh stuff would be in--but it isn't!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You're welcome to a share of ours, laddie, remarked Alderhame,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll bet that chap's a Jew,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, Sidney, said his sire, solemnly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I vant you to tell de trut'--de whole trut', mind. Later on, in bizness, Sidney, you may tell a lie; but now you must tell de trut'."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm off to see if I can't find some grub, declared Penfold."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Who's game?"
}
] |
51332
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I reckon as if we do 'ave any luck, remarked Ginger,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So much the better,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How about Setley?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let him sleep on,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "remarked Penfold."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Poetic licence shows tactful discretion in this case. Come along, you fellows."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thank goodness we weren't warned for the wiring party, whispered Penfold."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Black as pitch, and as cold as charity. Hist! What do you make of that?"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Regular old food-hog, declared Alderhame."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not only is he about to wolf a pound of meat, but there's a pudding and a packet of sausages. Presumably, his missis has sent him out a hamper."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Too much for one man, albeit a field officer, decided Penfold."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Lads, we must have some of that grub!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "enquired Anderson."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yer can't just pop in an' say, friendly like: 'Wot cheer, major, old sport; 'ow abart it? Can yer?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can't we lure him out?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We might; but what's the use? rejoined Penfold."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "These officers' dug-outs have doors, and ten to one he'll lock it if he goes far from his grub."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You get him out, said Sidney Bartlett."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll do the rest. All we want is a light pole. There are some in the next traverse. Lash a bayonet to one end and spear what we can through that hole."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sounds feasible, agreed Penfold."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nip off and get the gear ready."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now, he said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm ready. You carry on, Penfold."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Colonel's compliments, sir, announced the mendacious private, in an assumed tone."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He wants you to report to him at once upon the number of men left in this section of the trench."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where's my first-aid dressing?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hardly good enough for Blighty, said Penfold, with a laugh."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My word, won't the Major be in a tear when he misses his sausages!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let him, said Bartlett."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He can only blame the rats."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Halt! Who goes there?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Engineers' ration party, was the reply."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is this the Royal Engineers?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Rather! replied the ready Penfold."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Dump 'em down; we'll fetch them."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "TURN out, you chaps! You're warned for duty in the first-line trench."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This battle fares like to the morning's war, When dying clouds contend with glowing light; What time the shepherd, blowing of his nails, Can neither call it perfect day nor night."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I mean to get that flag, declared Bartlett."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll go out to-night and bring it in."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wouldn't if I were you, said Penfold."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's a sort of booby-trap, I wouldn't mind betting. Something that, when moved, explodes a grenade."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll risk that, declared the lad grimly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The Boches mustn't flaunt their colours in our faces. I was----"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you young fools looking for trouble? growled Sergeant Ferris, the N.C.O. who had routed them from the dug-out."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Keep under cover, and use a trench periscope if you want to enjoy the scenery."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thanks for the tip, sergeant, said George Anderson."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sorry I can't offer yer a seegar, sergeant; I left me case on the grand pianner at 'ome; but 'ave a fag--a genuine Day's March Nearer 'Ome' brand."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are we on Wiring Party to-night, sergeant?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not as I know of, was the reply."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "--jerking his thumb in the direction of the German flag--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then you'll have to be sharp about it, remarked Sergeant Ferris."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The mine is to be sprung at 3.30 a.m. We're over the top again; this time there'll be no going back, if all goes well. We ought to advance four hundred yards and consolidate the position. So now you know. Go for the flag at your own risk, chums; but don't forget. Be back before three, or you'll stand a sure and certain chance of going to Kingdom Come with a couple o' hundred perishing Boches for company."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you still of the same mind, Bartlett?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Rather,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then I'm going with you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And I,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, you don't, objected Anderson."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Two's quite enough for this blessed job. Look 'ere: if I don't come back, there's a letter in my pack wot I wants sent 'ome. Anythink else you can 'ave, fags an' all. I'm going to 'ave a doss. Turn me out at twelve."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Rum chap, commented Alderhame, indicating the soundly sleeping Ginger."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A regular rough diamond, always ready to do a pal a good turn."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "By the by, said Setley."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You did me a good turn when my bayonet got hung up, although you nearly split the drum of my ear when you fired and brought down the fellow who was about to club me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Every little helps, said Alderhame."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Lucky for you the Hun wasn't on my left side."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Simply because I'm stone-blind in my left eye, replied the ex-actor composedly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I was passed for Class A just the same. When I told the doctor he merely remarked: 'Oh, left eye, eh? Well, a man almost invariably shoots with his right eye!' 'I'd sooner shoot with a rifle, sir!' I said. 'And so you shall, my man!' he rejoined, laughing at my repartee; so he marked me down for general service, and here I am. I'm not at all sorry. If I come through this business it will be something to be proud of, you know."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Still of the same mind?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not 'arf,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll speed the parting guests, declared Alderhame, with a forced attempt at joviality."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Me lud, your carriage waits."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Chuck it! retorted Anderson."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good heavens! ejaculated Penfold."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They've been done in. Who's going out, lads?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not much use at present, objected Alderhame."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The Huns are on the alert. When things have quieted down a bit, I'll go."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's the spirit, lad, said Sergeant Ferris, who had joined the party of watchers."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Discretion is what's wanted now. We've chucked away two men over this business already, and all for the sake of a dirty German flag."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If they'd got Ginger, declared Penfold,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What's up, now?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Something moving,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Steady on, chums, whispered Ginger."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't let rip. It's only me."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I've got it, mates, he announced."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's the flag we went out for. Got me baynit into one bloke's throat, an' didn't 'e scream."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where's Sidney?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ain't 'e back? I lost touch with 'im. 'Ere, I'm off out again!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, you don't, declared Sergeant Ferris firmly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You'll be put under arrest if you attempt it. You're done up. Now, you fellows, if you're going you'd best look sharp about it. Take a rope, in case you find young Bartlett. Slip it round his heels, and drag him in if he cannot crawl."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now you vos tell me der truth, said the German menacingly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Der whole truth, mind, or we vos haf you shot. I know plenty about your trenches, so if you tell der lie den I vos you find out. Now, vot regiment you vos?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Wheatshires,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Goot! said the Major."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dot vos so. Now, der is talk of und mine. Dot is so?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, replied Sidney."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We have sunk a mine gallery."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In vot direction?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "In business, Sidney, you can tell a lie."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why you no answer?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Suppose I refuse? asked the captive."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Men taken prisoner are not compelled to reply to questions on military matters."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Rules of war for fools are, he chuckled."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We Germans make war, we no play. You answer vill make now, so."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All right; if I am compelled to do so, rejoined Sidney."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The mine runs away to your left--two hundred yards, I should think."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ach! continued the Major."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now you vos tell me dis: at vot hour the mine goes it off?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "At six-thirty, replied Sidney promptly. He was entering eagerly into the"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now, we see, remarked the Prussian officer."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If der truth you haf said, den all vill well be. We keep you here--in der drench."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Time for me to be getting back, he soliloquized."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There may yet be an opportunity for our chaps to raid the trench and rescue Bartlett before the mine is sprung. Wonder how time goes? It seems as if I've been out for a couple of hours."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That you, Setley?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thought you had been done in. We've been back some time. I crawled out to see if I could find you. Come along."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What have you been up to?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then come along and report to the Colonel, continued the sergeant."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "By smoke, if we get permission to attempt a rescue every man-jack in the battalion will want to be over the top."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A very creditable performance, declared the officer commanding the Wheatshires, when Ralph had made his report."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Private Bartlett is a brick. No; I do not think it advisable to go out again. The hostile wire is now intact, I understand. As things go we must leave Bartlett to take his chances. It would be madness to throw even a platoon against standing entanglements. One must not allow sentiment to jeopardize men's lives."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ain't it about time that blinkin' mine went up? whispered George Anderson."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ain't it perishin' cold? If I 'ave to wait much longer I won't 'ave no feet to carry me over the top."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Five minutes longer, announced Penfold."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hullo! What's up with the company on our right flank?"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Turn in, you fellows, said Sergeant Ferris."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No more going out to-night! Sorry for young Bartlett, but you know what the Colonel said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "enquired George Anderson."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thought the Wheatshires were to be sent back last night?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't know as you've much cause to grumble, replied the N.C.O.,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Seems like twenty-four months, sergeant,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "P'r'aps; but you're a glutton for going out over No Man's Land, said Ferris."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You've no call to complain that it hasn't been exciting enough."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A chap must do something to keep himself warm,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "MY eye, you chaps! Come out and have a look,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look at what? asked Alderhame, still stretched on his bed of damp straw."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The dawn----?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "At what those strafed Huns have done,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If it's young Sidney they've been doing in there'll be trouble,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "OTHER COMRADS WELKOME."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "WHEN ARE YOU ENGLANDER COMING? WE ARE TIRED OF WATEING FOR THE ADVANCE PROMISED."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They're lifting!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Five minutes more, lads! said the platoon commander in clear, decisive tones."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, show them what the Wheatshires can do in broad daylight."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "D'ye want a leg-up, Tubby? sang out George Anderson, addressing his remarks to a corpulent private whose previous efforts to surmount the parapet were ludicrous in spite of the mental and physical strain of"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "When are the guns going to lift, do you think, sergeant?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "replied Sergeant Ferris."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We're supposed to make good for a mile. Hullo! What's happening on our left flank?"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good God! ejaculated Alderhame hoarsely."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Our fellows are giving way."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mercy, Kamerad."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Clear those dug-outs!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Out you come!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Setley took up his stand at the opposite side and awaited the result of his comrade's challenge, while George Anderson covered the mouth of the dug-out with a Mills bomb."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ja! We come!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And be mighty sharp about it,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good for the D.C.M., yelled Alderhame."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Come on, lads. Let's see if any of the swine are still in this rat-hole."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Give 'em another bomb first, suggested Ginger."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Stand by, 'ere goes."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come on,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All right, Fritz, said Alderhame."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We won't hurt you any more."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look out! cautioned Setley."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There's someone still there."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Surrender! he shouted,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't, was the reply."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I've got them properly set. I'm an Englishman--a Wheatshire."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hurrah!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Glad you came, he exclaimed."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I knew things were going all right when these fellows came skeltering for shelter, and still more so when you flung a bomb down the stairs----"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We didn't, expostulated Alderhame jocularly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We wouldn't do you such a dirty trick, Sidney. Blame your pal, Ginger."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He's all right, then?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And so are you, added Ralph."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good for promotion."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I heard you being cross-examined by the Prussian officer and your replies, continued Setley."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Simply had to report to the O.C., you know. Well, what happened afterwards?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They knocked me about a bit, declared Bartlett."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thought I was kidding them, I suppose, but as it was the right way as far as they were concerned they got a bit more civil. Finally, when the bombardment commenced they pushed me down this dug-out. Crikey! I thought the roof was tumbling in every second, and fifty feet below ground at that. Then when the bomb was chucked down the stairs the Huns here knew the game was up. They nearly fell over themselves trying to get me to take them prisoners--and there they are."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Any way out there?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't know, said Bartlett."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll soon see."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good enough, declared Ralph."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll leave the prisoners here until we can send them to the advance-cages."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You our lives save?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, if you behave yourselves, said Bartlett."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We won't drop a bomb amongst you as we clear out. That's not the British way, you know."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wot, more of 'em dahn there? he asked."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "S'welp me. 'Ere goes."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's no go, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We've promised them quarter."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "After they tried to do the dirty on us, grumbled Ginger, still fumbling with the safety-pin of a bomb."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll give 'em quarter--not 'arf."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Stick it, men!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Reminds a fellow of the winning goal at Yatton Park, remarked Alderhame, as he shoved a fresh clip of cartridges into the magazine of his rifle."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's getting a bit of a hot corner."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Garn! It don't beat my old woman on Saturday night,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What the deuce are our guns doing?"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Five hundred yards! Fire!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's the sort! commented Ginger Anderson. He could now reasonably risk drinking the remainder of the contents of his water-bottle."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She's bogged!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No fear, retorted Alderhame."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She's just having a little rest. See, her wheels aren't moving."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She'll never get out of that,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Wheatshires will advance, he shouted."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Come on, men; we've stuck in this trench quite long enough."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hang on to the tail of that Tank, shouted Sergeant Ferris to the men of his section."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll have our work cut out to settle the Huns who aren't squashed. Don't leave a single Fritz with a rifle in his hand behind you--I've had some."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't think I'm greedy, boys, he shouted."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You'll all stand in later on."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Who's got a fag? enquired Penfold, stopping in the act of transferring a sand-bag from the parapet to the parados."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hang it all, did you ever see such mud? It's a jolly sight worse than our trenches."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here you are, said Ralph, tendering a very soiled cigarette."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let me give you a hand."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I always said that steel helmets were a rotten swindle,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thought it was my head! he said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hanged if I felt this at all."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You are a lucky bounder, Penfold, declared George Anderson."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It'll get you back to Blighty for a dead cert."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thanks, you're welcome to my luck, replied the wounded man as he submitted to the surgical attentions of Setley and Alderhame."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I call it jolly hard lines, just as we are going forward. Now, if this had happened while we were held up in our trenches I wouldn't have minded. Jolly rough luck, I call it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hullo! Copped it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Rather, replied Penfold dolefully."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Suppose there's no chance of my having a slice of that goose now?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where is the bird, sergeant?"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Must 'a' lost it in the charge, decided Ferris."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm off back to look for it."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Got it! he exclaimed triumphantly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Found it in the track of a Tank. Only the head was to be seen, but I managed to hike it clear of the mud."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not much of a goose now, sergeant,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "True, lad, true; but it'll wash all right while it's boiling. One can't afford to be too particular these times."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What's to be done?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Dunno, replied Ginger."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You're senior man now, I guess, of what's left of us. Keep down, or they'll lob a bomb into the crowd of us."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Crowd,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's no use going back, he soliloquized."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nor does it seem at all desirable to stick here, Let me see how the land lies."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can you throw a bomb fairly into that emplacement?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You bet, replied Ginger."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Two afore they knows they're on the way to Kingdom Come."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All right, continued Setley."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alderhame, McTurk and I will follow up with the bayonet. We must wipe both crews out. Ready?"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Take that, you dirty skunks!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We've been an' gone and done it this time, declared Ginger, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "An' our chaps 'ave started shelling the place. Only shrapnel up to now; but if they starts throwin' in high explosives up we go in a sort of fiery chariot that ain't at all to my likin'."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can't we signal and let them know?"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look here; we'll make for the crater where the Tank is lying, said Setley."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll have to take our chances of getting strafed by the Huns. I'll lead the way!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "One moment,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My bird, drawled the ex-actor."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I spotted him about to descend. See, he had his revolver ready. Thought he'd caught us napping. Now, I'm ready."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Which is the way in? enquired Alderhame."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Suppose this is the entrance to the foyer and palm-court?"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hear anything?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Excursions and alarums without, quoth the ex-actor."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Within the silence of the tomb. By Jove! What a reek of petrol!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She's almost balanced, declared Ralph."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I believe a little power properly applied would set her on her feet again. Let's try."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "See any signs of our boys?"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Cheer-o, mate! sung out the irrepressible Anderson."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Apple-cart upset? We've come to lend a 'and!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It ain't 'arf dark, commented Ginger,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "the breech-block of a quickfirer."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you think you're chief stoker of a crematorium? asked Alderhame."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The place reeks of petrol, man. A spark and there'll be a terrific explosion."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lucky you spoke, mate, rejoined Anderson."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Matches seem to get our family into trouble. My brother, down Enfield way, got a month for 'aving a match on 'im when he went to the munition factory. Blimey, wot's this?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't think they've snuffed it, he continued."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wot's to be done with 'em, sergeant?"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We'll get them out, he decided."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They'll be fairly sheltered under the lee of the Tank. It's a risk, but that cannot be helped."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nip up and see what's doing,"
}
] |
51332
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There's another bloomin' Tank a-comin' this way,"
}
] |
51332
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We'll try and tow you out. Can you take a wire rope?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They think we're the Tankers, said Alderhame."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look here, I'll risk it."
}
] |
51332
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Carry on with t'other end, mate, said one, as he proceeded to fix the shackled end to a massive eyebolt on the underside of the blunt bows."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Think she'll move?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You'll hike her up if you pull in that direction, replied the ex-actor, indicating the place with his hand."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She's almost ready to tilt back on her traction-bands."
}
] |
51332
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A bit warm up there,"
}
] |
51332
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where's your commanding officer? shouted the lieutenant in charge of the towing Tank."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Who's the senior man?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The officer is unconscious, sir,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All right. Shift the hawser aft. Motors intact?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I cannot say, sir,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then you jolly well ought to, grumbled the lieutenant, who was still under the impression that the three Wheatshires were part of the Tank's crew."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If you can't start 'em up, slip out both clutches. Hurry up we can't stop here to be strafed all day."
}
] |
51332
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, you are Wheatshires! exclaimed the lieutenant, as Setley and his comrades emerged from the armoured box."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What are you doing here?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We got cut off, sir, replied Ralph, saluting."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We saw the Tank in the mine-crater, and we thought we could find cover there."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And you gave valuable assistance, rejoined the Tank officer, pulling out a notebook."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Give me your names and regimental numbers. It will be a pleasure to me to submit a report upon your gallant conduct in the work of rescue. No, I don't think you'd better try to rejoin your regiment at present. It isn't healthy out in the open. Better wait till after dark."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "By Jove, Alderhame, exclaimed Ralph, after the officer had gone,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And this bird, too, added Alderhame."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No more foot-slogging infantry for me if there's a chance of riding in an armoured moving fort. Wonder how we could work it?"
}
] |
51332
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hullo, you chaps! called out a private of the same section, recognizing the three returning Tommies."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thought you'd been done in. You're marked down as missing. Grub? I've a pannikin on the charcoal fire, and there are some rashers. You've been into the lines of communication? Heard anything of our being relieved?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not a word, rejoined Ralph, taking possession of a thin cup in which the tea leaves from the last drinker were still in evidence. Setley had forgotten to be particular in such matters."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where's Sergeant Ferris?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Blown to bits, said the other nonchalantly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We didn't get our promised share of goose, he added regretfully."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Suppose we are lucky to get bacon."
}
] |
51332
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Turn out, mate, exclaimed Ginger."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We're being relieved. The bloomin' Downshires are movin' into the trenches."
}
] |
51332
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wake that man up!"
}
] |
51332
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hurrah for a good hot bath!"
}
] |
51332
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Private Setley!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You're wanted at the orderly-room at three p.m., continued the sergeant."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "An' don't you forget it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Say, sergeant----"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you know what I'm wanted for?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dunno, me lad; you'll find out when you are told an not a minute before."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "had an unpleasant significance. Vainly he racked his brains to try to remember if he had done anything for which he might be"
}
] |
51332
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I've had a report concerning you, he began."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I understand that you were in charge of a small squad, that you rushed a machine-gun emplacement, and that you rendered material assistance under heavy fire to a disabled Tank. The officer making the report states that you behaved with admirable bravery, intelligence, and discretion under highly dangerous circumstances."
}
] |
51332
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let me see, continued the colonel, glancing over Ralph's"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You've served a hundred and fifty-six days with the Colours. You have never been crimed. Your occupation, previous to enlisting, was banking?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, sir,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where were you educated?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wonder why he wants to know that?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You have been recommended for a commission, Private Setley, resumed the C.O."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have much pleasure in stating my opinion that you are in every respect fitted to take up commissioned rank. Being recommended, of course, does not necessarily mean that you will get it, but in all probability you will. ...I wish you the best of luck."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thank you, sir,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In the event of your obtaining this commission, he went on,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Must it be a Line regiment, sir?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Unless you have special qualifications for any other branch of the Service."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I would like to try for the Tank Section, sir."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Dash it all! he ejaculated."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You aim high, young man. However, since you gained distinction in the Tank affair, perhaps your wishes will be gratified. Meanwhile, if you take my advice you'll keep this matter strictly to yourself as far as your comrades are concerned."
}
] |
51332
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "under the polish. His buttons, a few hours previously dull and tarnished by the clammy air of the trenches and the chemical effect of the bursting shells, now glittered resplendent in the sunshine. His reddish moustache had been brushed and coaxed into a certain state of subservience, although subduing the stubbly bristles had taken the private almost an hour of hard work. His cap was tilted on the back of his head revealing a well-oiled and studiously arranged"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wot cheer, mate! exclaimed George."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where 'ave you been?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Orderly-room,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Blimey, that's where I'm off to, rejoined Anderson."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Your pal the hacter bloke is warned too. It's abart that bloomin' Tank business. Ain't this yere child correct?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I knowed it, declared Ginger with conviction."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wot did yer get?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The colonel complimented me,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That all? Blow me tight! I was reckonin' on 'aving seven days' special leave an' a free ticket to Blighty an' back."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The old man 'e told me I was a bloomin' corporal, and that I was to 'ave the bloomin' D.C.M.,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And he thought fit to bestow a sergeant's chevrons on your humble, announced Alderhame."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The distinction of the D.C.M. is also thrown in as a makeweight."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Congratulations, both of you,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thanks; and what did you get?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "interjected Ginger."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All my bloomin eye, eh, wot?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice, he quoted."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can guess--you lucky young dog!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "THE BEST OF LUCK"
}
] |
51332
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hullo, Setley!"
}
] |
51332
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hullo, yourself! replied Setley."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sorry, but I can't recognize you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What, forgotten your old platoon sergeant?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sergeant Ferris! exclaimed Ralph."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, we were told that you had been done in--blown to bits."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not so very far wrong, replied Ferris, as Ralph placed a cigarette between the sergeant's lips and lighted it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I copped it properly. Lifted off my feet by a shell, then a machine-gun played the deuce. I got in the next night and here I am."
}
] |
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