I tried to find out about you fellows but couldn't.

We came in a detachment ahead of you.

But if you'll invite me, I'll stay awhile with you and talk." They offered him a blanket and he stretched out upon it, turning his eyes up to the sky, in which the stars were now coming.
"What are you thinking about, Ohio ?" asked Dick.
"I'm thinking how fast I'm growing old.

Two years and a half in the war, but it's twenty-five years in fact.

I hadn't finished school when I left home and here I am, a veteran of more battles than any soldiers have fought since the days of old Bonaparte.