Happily he does not expect us to go altogether without rest.
Frequently he is away all night by himself in the saddle, sometimes he takes one or other of us with him, but at any rate we get a night's sleep by turns.

Much as he has to worry him--what with the ignorance of some and the carelessness of others--I have never seen him out of temper; but then a reproof, however mildly spoken, by him, is more dreaded than a volley of abuse from any other general.

He was telling us before he came out that you are already well up in drill, and in the use of arms." "Yes; I have been brought up, I may say, in the Scottish regiment, and after my father's death the officers and men were all very kind to me, and I learnt my drill both as a soldier and an officer, to fence, use my pistols, and ride.

The officers lent me books on military history and tactics." "The viscount said you were wonderfully well read in such matters," de Lisle said.

"I own that beyond the campaigns that I have taken part in I have a very vague idea of such things.