I said I thought he was our greatest general.

He, that Turenne was only a learner in the art of war.

I upheld him, and spoke of the battles and sieges in which he had taken part.

Then he asked me about myself, and I told him my birth and bringing up, and he said he might be of assistance to me, and would call here and see you." "Well, well, it almost passes belief, Hector, that a boy like you should have dared to enter into an argument with an officer, even if only, as you believed, a captain.

And to think that this has come of it, instead of his having laid his whip across your back, as you deserved.