With the Serbs in Macedonia

64 WITH THE SERBS IN MACEDONIA
Guide {confidently) :
''
Dobro !
!
Dobro {Followed
hy lengthy explanation in his native
tongue)
Subaltern {to sergeant) :
? ''
''
''
He is lost, isn't he,
sergeant
Sergeant :
''
Can't make out, sir. I think so/'
Subaltern {after a despairing glance into the
darkness in all directions):
''
Neo dobro?"
{Then, pointing backwards to indicate convoy
''
"
Dobro !
!
turning round.)
Dobro
Guide {pointing forward and more confidently
*'
"
than ever) : Dobro ! Dobro !
Subaltern :
{resignedly)
''
Dobro !
Dobro
!
So we went on again till we saw wounded men
on comrades' arms limping along the ditch by
the side of the road, and mules with wounded
on stretchers, also keeping to the ditch. That
was good enough. The convoy was stopped
and turned, and the guide was treated to some
strong choice English of which he gathered the
drift,
if the words were unknown to him. The
other subaltern, bringing up the rear, was met,
and he, too, conversed for a little with the
guide.
Three or four kilometres back we discovered
a Serbian camp some way off the road, and sent
the guide to find out where we were. The
commandant returned with him, accompanied
by an English-speaking officer.
"