Admirable qualities in a soldier.

My call to-day was in the nature of a ceremonial." "Um-m! There's a ceremony before every duel--the salute.

I thought I could hear the ring of steel." Gray laughed off the suggestion.

"Merely the jingle of officers' spurs, I assure you.

We amateurs cling to the Regular Army pomp and practice.
Frankly, I love it; I admire the military method--a rule for every occasion, a rigid adherence to form, no price too high for a necessary objective.