My friend Mickey's a pleasant fellow for a secretary-at-war.

But it's all settled now; Crawfurd arranged it for you this afternoon." "You don't say so! Pray tell me all about it." "That's just what I won't; for ye see I don't know it; but I believe old Monsoon's affair has put everything out of their heads." "Monsoon's affair! What is that?
Out with it, Dennis." "Faith, I'll be just as discreet about that as your own business.

All I can tell you is, that they brought him up to headquarters this evening with a sergeant's guard, and they say he's to be tried by court-martial; and Picton is in a blessed humor about it." "What could it possibly have been?
Some plundering affair, depend on it." "Faith, you may swear it wasn't for his little charities, as Dr.Pangloss calls them, they've pulled him up," cried Power.
"Maurice is in high feather about it," said Dennis.

"There are five of them up at Fuentes, making a list of the charges to send to Monsoon; for Bob Mahon, it seems, heard of the old fellow's doings up the mountains." "What glorious fun!" said Tower.

"Let's haste and join them, boys." "Agreed," said I."Is it far from this ?" "Another stage.