For reasons of his own, Stephen Smith was stirring a short time after dawn the next morning.

出于他自己的原因，斯蒂芬·史密斯在第二天黎明后的一小段时间里激动不已。

But, as has been said, these were stirring times, and Alfred was soon called on to show his great abilities as a soldier.

可是，就像前面说的那样，那是个兵荒马乱的年代，阿尔弗雷德很快入伍成为战士。