New
sufferings
‘But he´s a
decent chap,’said Svejk. ‘He´s only here because he didn´t want to joint up.
He´s against the war, belongs to some kind of sect and he´s been gaoled because
he didn´t want to kill people. He keeps God´s commandment, but they´re going to
make God´s commandment hot for him.Before the war there was a fellow called
Nemrava living in Moravia who didn´t even want to take a rifle on his shoulder,
and when he was called up he said that it was against his principles to carry a
rifle. Because of that he was gaoled until he was blue in the fase and then
brought up again to take the oath. But he said he wouldn´t do it as it was
against his principles and he held out so long that he got away with it.’
