Night was coming so we hurried off and drove away. The horses went quite
fast, as we had made them a present of some barley. We had discovered
that since the beginning of the war, when they had been requisitioned by
the Montenegrin Government, they had lived on nothing but hay, and the
owner, who was driving them, said that they would soon die, and that
when they did he would not receive a penny and would be a ruined man. He
added pathetically--
"One does not like to see one's beasts die like that, for after all one
is fond of them."
We arrived after dark, and ordered supper for three. The inn lady was
scandalized.
"But that is a common soldier," she said. "There are many fine folk in
the dining-room, arrived to-day. The General--"
So we dined upon the landing.
The next day we got up very early, went down to the dining-room and
found it was full of sleeping forms; we had coffee in our room.
We wandered round the market. It was still too early, people were
arriving and spreading their wares, men were hanging bright carpets on
the white walls.
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