It was much warmer than before at night, and all draught was excluded by the tent overlapping the ditch, and by the wall outside.

A short ladder at the entrance enabled them to get in and out.
Tom Hammond had grumbled at first at the labor which this freak of his masters entailed.

But as the work went on and he saw how snug and comfortable was the result, he took a pride in it, and the time was not far off when its utility was to become manifest.

Indeed, later on in the winter the greater portion of the tents were got up in this manner.
The camp of the Light Division was not far from that of the sailors, and the two brothers were often together.

Fortunately both of them had so far escaped the illnesses which had already decimated the army..