18/37 "Colonel Dick, Major Edward, I thank you both. May I deserve your confidence and your favour! Fontenoy is as dear to me as Greenwood." "By God, you shall win, Ludwell!" cried Colonel Dick. "Here's a regiment of us to see you through!" "Rome hasn't fallen yet," added Major Edward. "I don't hear the geese cackling." "One's cackling now," smiled Cary, and Mr.Tom Mocket stepped up to the polls. "It's a mangy jackal to a mangy lion." The young man had spoken loudly and contemptuously. |