It occurred to me that he might be paying a call upon you." "Upon me ?" he repeated.
"He is an exceedingly plausible fellow," Thomson explained, "and as you are just back from the Front, and brought dispatches, he might very possibly regard you as a likely victim." "Can't make bricks without straw," Granet laughed, "and I know no more about the campaign than my two eyes have seen.

I was saying only yesterday that, unless you have a staff billet, it's wonderful how little the ordinary soldier picks up as to what is going on.

As a matter of fact, though," he went on, twisting the fox terrier's ear a little, "no one has called here at all except yourself, during the last hour or two.

There aren't many of my pals know I'm back yet." "Are there many other people living in the building ?" Major Thomson asked.
"The ground-floor here," the other replied, "belongs to a prosperous cigarette manufacturer who lives himself upon the first floor.

This is the second and above us are nothing but the servants' quarters.