` The greater their loss . I know nothing better than the Long March when your feet are hardened . You begin after the mists have risen , and you end , perhaps , an hour after sundown . ' ` And what do you have to eat ? ' Dan asked promptly . ` Fat bacon , beans , and bread , and whatever wine happens to be in the rest-houses . But soldiers are born grumblers . Their very first day out , my men complained of our water-ground British corn . They said it was n't so filling as the rough stuff that is ground in the Roman ox-mills . However , they had to fetch and eat it . ' ` Fetch it ? Where from ? ' said Una . ` From that newly invented water-mill below the Forge . ' ` That 's Forge Mill -- our Mill ! ' Una looked at Puck . ` Yes ; yours , ' Puck put in . ` How old did you think it was ? ' ' I do n't know . Did n't Sir Richard Dalyngridge talk about it ? '
` He did , and it was old in his day , ' XXXXX answered .
British Dalyngridge Dan Puck Una grumblers hour ox-mills rest-houses water-mill