Now run away, and get a few hours' sleep if you can.

You will want all your strength before we are through with this business." While the Doctor had been talking to Isobel, the men had gathered below in a sort of informal council, the subject being Bathurst's conduct on the roof.
"I would not have believed it if I had not seen it," Captain Rintoul said.

"The man was absolutely helpless with fright; I never saw such an exhibition; and then his fainting afterwards and having to be carried away was disgusting; in fact, it is worse than that." There was a general murmur of assent.
"It is disgraceful," one of the civilians said; "I am ashamed that the man should belong to our service; the idea of a fellow being helpless by fright when there are women and children to be defended--it is downright revolting." "Well, he did go and stick himself up in front," Wilson said; "you should remember that.

He may have been in a blue funk, I don't say he wasn't; still, you know, he didn't go away and try to hide himself, but he stuck himself up in front for them to fire at.

I think we ought to take that into consideration." "Dr.Wade says Bathurst put himself there to try and accustom himself to fire," Captain Forster said.