We may be all wrong." "Psha, how can we?
It must be done now--don't be alarmed.

No names shall be mentioned--I shall easily find a subject." A couple of Halkett's officers, whom our young gentlemen knew, were sitting under the porch, with the Virginian toddy-bowl before them.
"What are you conspiring, gentlemen ?" cried one of them.

"Is it a drink ?" By the tone of their voices and their flushed cheeks, it was clear the gentlemen had already been engaged in drinking that morning.
"The very thing, sir," George said gaily.

"Fresh glasses, Mr.Benson! What, no glasses?
Then we must have at the bowl." "Many a good man has drunk from it," says Mr.Benson; and the lads one after another, and bowing first to their military acquaintance, touched the bowl with their lips.

The liquor did not seem to be much diminished for the boys' drinking, though George especially gave himself a toper's airs, and protested it was delicious after their ride.