He will give you no trouble--a mat to sleep on, and a little rice to eat, will satisfy his wants; and he will take the trouble of me a good deal off your hands.

He was a Sepoy in my regiment, and has always evinced the greatest devotion for me.
More than once in battle he has saved my life, and has, for the last three years, been my servant, and has nursed me since I have been ill as tenderly as a woman could have done.

As I shall have time to tell you everything when I arrive, I will say no more now." The news had much affected John Thorndyke.

His brother George was five years his senior, and had gone out as a cadet in the company's service when John was but thirteen, and this was his first home coming.

Had it not been for a portrait that had been taken of him in his uniform just before he sailed, John would have had but little remembrance of him.