I really don't care if I never see Major Armstrong again ...

though he certainly _is_ rather a darling ...

very good-looking ...

and, d'you know, he's almost a Pro-Boer, though the Boers ambushed him....

Says this war's a beastly mistake....
"Well: I'll have tea here instead, if you like, and we can talk business, which we haven't done for a fortnight.