Shrapnel was dropping intermittently in the vicinity; therefore we left our cars behind the shelter of the ancient fort and proceeded cautiously afoot until we reached the frontmost trenches.

" "Art so weary, Roger?" "Master, I was afoot ere sunrise.

Would you think the man lived, maw, that would set a man with a fambly afoot out on the desert like this?" "Nev' mind, now, paw.

Out of it, instead, excited men were hurrying, some lamely, feebly, afoot, others at better speed on rude litters, but all rearward across the plowed land.