Soldiers are civil and businesslike, and the public like 'em only second best to sailors.
We've had to give our last man the sack, and you can take his place. But don't let me anticipate. Ours was a hydraulic lift. None o' them rickety things swung up like a poll parrot's cage in a well staircase that I shouldn't care to trust my neck to. It ran as smooth as oil, a child might have worked it, and safe as standing on the ground.