But he dragged me under first.

I've been at odds with life ever since." "But a man can start again," said the Dragon-Fly, with her air of worldly wisdom.
"Oh, yes, I did that." Merryon's smile was one of exceeding bitterness.
"I enlisted and went to South Africa.

I hoped for death, and I won a commission instead." The girl's eyes shone with interest.

"But that was luck!" she said.
"Oh, yes; it was luck of a sort--the damnable, unsatisfactory sort.

I entered the Indian Army, and I've got on.