| Description | His hand is shivering as he writes at 5.30am. 'What a month I have had'. William writes from the camp of the 31st Regiment, in the jungle, as he received orders to join the troops capaigning against the Santhals. He is now a useful and energetic officer, lifted by force of circumstance. He has argued with officers bitterly, but is now perfect friends with them. He gives an example of one officer refusing to give him advice before trying to expose William's ignorance in front of the regiment. William 'put him down before his own officers' and charged him with wishing William to go wrong. William gives details of the dispute and its aftermath, considering whether he was hasty, and what the man's motives were. |