For myself I did not know what to make of him, for reasons which I will state.

I never approved of the engagement.

As a matter of fact, I knew--and was one of the very few who knew--of a black mark against him--the very blackest mark that could be put against a soldier's name.
It was a puzzling business.

And when I say I knew of the mark, I must be candid and confess that its awful justification lies in the conscience of one man living in the world to-day--if indeed he be still alive.
Boyce was a great bronzed, bull-necked man, with an overpowering personality.

People called him the very model of a soldier.