In the other case,
there were three roads out of the country from Mitrovitza, which he
thought better than trusting to one road, if it existed.
Jan told him that the carriages were giving way under the strain of the
tents, two of the axle struts having broken; and he suggested that if we
did not jettison the tents, some of the carriages would probably never
get as far as Rashka. Sir Ralph told him to do what he thought best.
So we pitched the two heavy tops and the long bamboo poles overboard,
keeping the sides.
"Oh, what are you doing with our tents?" said one of the Scottish
nurses.
This was complicated! We understood the tents were Sir Ralph's.
All the men swore they were Sir Ralph's tents, they had seen them at
Nish. The "Scottish Woman" said she knew the tents well, and they had
cost L50 each. The men from Nish still claimed the tents, and said that
war was war and they had left thousands of pounds' worth of stores,
tents, etc., and had been obliged to discard even motor cars.
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