Part Two, Chapters Four and Five Summary

Two months have passed since the previous chapter. Gabriel is aboard a ship sailing with British military forces from India to Africa. He thinks back to all that has occurred since his honeymoon. After ending his honeymoon early, Gabriel and Charis returned to England where Gabriel received orders to return to India and rejoin his unit. The voyage from England to India took twenty-six days and was unpleasant for all of the soldiers. Once in India with his regiment, instead of being sent with the rest of the soldiers to fight in France, Gabriel is attached to the 69th Palamcotta Light Infantry, a poorly trained unit of Indian soldiers that has not been involved in any significant action in a long time. Once aboard the ship that will take his new unit to...