How
did Private Quelch manage to anger the Corporal?
How did Private Quelch manage to anger the Corporal?
Private
Quelch was a much learned student. He loved to exhibit his knowledge
and he cared little of how people around him responded. Once, when
Corporal Turnbull was taking a lesson on hand grenade, The Professor
went on correcting him on the number of segments that a hand grenade
is divided into and also The Professor suggested him, as an expert on
the subject, on how Corporal should have started his lecture.
Turnbull, though a calm person on the exterior, was a man not to be
trifled with. Although he did not react at first and patiently let
Quelch take the lecture. However, he took his revenge in the end of
the class by assigning Private Quelch permanent cookhouse duties. The
episode, of course, was to become a popular joke among the whole
platoon.
Private Quelch was a much learned student. He loved to exhibit his knowledge and he cared little of how people around him responded. Once, when Corporal Turnbull was taking a lesson on hand grenade, The Professor went on correcting him on the number of segments that a hand grenade is divided into and also The Professor suggested him, as an expert on the subject, on how Corporal should have started his lecture. Turnbull, though a calm person on the exterior, was a man not to be trifled with. Although he did not react at first and patiently let Quelch take the lecture. However, he took his revenge in the end of the class by assigning Private Quelch permanent cookhouse duties. The episode, of course, was to become a popular joke among the whole platoon.
