17/31 Have you seen this Colonel Beauvais of the royal cuirassiers, the actual head of the army here ?" "A fine soldier," said the Englishman, heartily. "Rides like a centaur and wields a saber as if it were a piece of straw." "I can hold a pretty good blade myself; I've an idea that I can lick him at both games." Fitzgerald laughed good-naturedly. "There is the one flaw in your make-up. I admit your horsemanship; but the saber! Believe me, it is only the constant practice and a wrist of iron which make the saber formidable. You are more familiar with the pen; I dare say you could best him at that." "What makes you think I can not lick him ?" "Since when have the saber and the civilian been on terms? |