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118way there. By the time we reached our destination it was quite dark. We started to work in an effort to clear the mud out of the trench. It is hard work to do so. The suction as one puts the shovel into the mud makes a double pressure when one goes to lift it out. Then we had to throw it on to the top of the trench.
We didn't stop too long, I had a mishap coming home. Just previous to starting out I had put a piece of string, the best substitute for a bootlace that I could put into my boot. When I got in amongst the mud the strain of walking proved too much, snapping the string it rendered it useless to me. What I did then was to take the boot off and carry it under my arm. It was "no bon"
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