I wanted to take only four men with me; I was ordered to take eight.

The hand of providence is in it." "You wouldn't be so polite, Colonel," spoke up the trooper whose arm was in the sling, "if you had got this crack." "Baron, who told you to call me Colonel ?" the leader demanded.
"Why, we are out of the city; there's no harm now that I can see." "Is it possible," said Maurice ironically, "that I have had the honor of hitting a baron on the head and breaking his arm ?" The baron muttered a curse and fell back.
"And you," went on Maurice, addressing the leader, "are a Colonel ?" "Yes." "For the duchess ?" "For the duchess." "A black business for you, Colonel; take my word for it." "A black business it is; but orders are orders.

Have you ever been a soldier ?" "I have." "Well, there's nothing more to be said." "America--" Maurice began.
"Is several thousand miles away." "Not if you reckon from Vienna." "I'd rather not reckon, if it's all the same to you.

Your friend--I might say, your very valuable friend--takes the matter too much to heart." "He's not a talkative man." Fitzgerald looked straight ahead, stern and impassive.
"But now that we are talking," said Maurice, "I should like to know how the deuce you got hold of my name and dragged me into this affair ?" "Simple enough.

A card of yours was given to me; on it was your name and address.