As you know, boats from the ships often land at some of the deserted places along there in search of loot; so that we ought to be able to be taken off.

If, when we are riding, we come upon any Russian troops suddenly, so that we cannot move away in any other direction without exciting suspicion, you must put a good face on it.
My Russian is good enough to pass muster as a Cossack.

All we have to do is to avoid any of these fellows, for they would detect at once that I did not belong to them." "Well, Mr.Archer, you take things very coolly, and I hope you will get us out of the scrape we have got into.

If I had been by myself, I should have ridden up and surrendered to the first Russians I saw." "That would have been the best way, sir, had it not been for those poor beggars having been killed up above there; for in our naval dress we could not have hoped to have escaped.

As it is, if we have any luck, we shall soon be back at Balaklava again.".