noon
Meanwhile you had better go on -- fighting . '' Corporal Connal paid the penalty of his crime before the sun was far above the hill held by the enemy . There was abundance of circumstantial evidence against him , besides the direct testimony of Raffles and myself , and the wretch was shot at last with little ceremony and less shrift . And that was the one good thing that happened on the day that broke upon us hiding behind the bushes overlooking the donga ; by noon it was my own turn . I have avoided speaking of my wound before I need , and from the preceding pages you would not gather that I am more or less lame for life . You will soon see now why I was in no hurry to recall the incident . I used to think of a wound received in one 's country 's service as the proudest trophy a man could acquire .