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-LRB- Was there ever any risk he had n't taken ? -RRB- I had never , really , for one moment misunderstood . I certainly knew why he `` liked '' his wound . We had breakfast very early the next morning , for Jevons was under orders to start at eight o'clock for Termonde . We had a table reserved for us in a corner of the restaurant . The hotel was full of Belgian officers , and I found I was infinitely better off in attaching myself to Jevons than if I had joined the war-correspondents . Viola -LRB- I may say that her rig-out which Jevons had admired so much , the khaki tunic and breeches , made us terribly conspicuous -RRB- had come down in a contrite mood .