I've told 'em such a lot of amazing stories about where we come from, that they've got half a million different styles to choose out of.

Some thinks as how you're a Polish nob, what got into hot water with the Russians; some as how you're a Italian prince, what was cleaned out like Parma and them was; some as how you're a Austrian Archduke that have cut your country because you was in love with the Empress, and had a duel about her that scandalized the whole empire; some as how you're a exiled Spanish grandee a-come to learn tactics and that like, that you may go back, and pitch O'Donnell into the middle of next week, whenever you see a chance to cut in and try conclusions with him.

Bless you, sir! you may let me alone for bamboozling of anybody." The Corporal laughed again, as he began to unharness himself.

There was in him a certain mingling of insouciance and melancholy, each of which alternately predominated; the former his by nature, the latter born of circumstances.
"If you can outwit our friends the Zephyrs you have reached a height of diplomacy indeed! I would not engage to do it myself.

Take my word for it, ingenuity is always dangerous--silence is always safe." "That may be, sir," responded the Chasseur, in the sturdy English with which his bright blue eyes danced a fitting nationality.