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`` See here , Lieutenant , I hope you wo n't be offended , but if it is agreeable to you -- '' And he handed him half a loaf of bread and a wooden bowl in which there were a second joint of the bird and six big mealy potatoes . That night again the six men required no rocking ; they digested their dinner while sleeping the sleep of the just . They had reason to thank the corporal for the scientific way in which he had set up their tent , for they were not even conscious of a small hurricane that blew up about two o'clock , accompanied by a sharp down-pour of rain ; some of the tents were blown down , and the men , wakened out of their sound slumber , were drenched and had to scamper in the pitchy darkness , while theirs stood firm and they were warm and dry , thanks to the ingenious device of the trench . Maurice awoke at daylight , and as they were not to march until eight o'clock it occurred to him to walk out to the artillery camp on the hill and say how do you do to his cousin Honore . His foot was less painful after his good night 's rest . His wonder and admiration were again excited by the neatness and perfect order that prevailed throughout the encampment , the six guns of a battery aligned with mathematical precision and accompanied by their caissons , prolonges , forage-wagons , and forges . A short way off , lined up to their rope , stood the horses , whinnying impatiently and turning their muzzles to the rising sun .