15/19 He '_ave_ gone the pace, 'aven't 'e, sir ?' 'The fact is,' said I, 'that I know very little about him. Our family has been much divided, and I have been a soldier from a child.' 'A soldier, Mr.Anne, sir ?' cried Rowley, with a sudden feverish animation. 'Was you ever wounded ?' It is contrary to my principles to discourage admiration for myself; and, slipping back the shoulder of the dressing-gown, I silently exhibited the scar which I had received in Edinburgh Castle. He looked at it with awe. |