It will be in plenty of time, as I don't suppose the transport will be off until the afternoon, perhaps not till night.

There are always delays at the last moment.
"However, it will be something to be on board ship.

That is the first step towards getting at those black scoundrels.

We are all afraid that we shall be late for Delhi; still there is plenty of other work to be done." "Any ladies with us ?" "No, there was a general agreement among the married officers that they had best be left behind.

So for once the regiment goes without women." "There is a levity about your tone that I do not approve of, Armstrong," Frank Mallett said, reprovingly.