"Strong terms, Howe.
Your case would in some instances demand redress but I repeatedly avow not if considered in the light of reason." Mr.Howe saw in the strange light of Sir Howard's eye that His Excellency would now give, in a few words, his decision with unerring judgment.

"Gentlemen," said he, rising from his seat and casting successive glances at all, "Mr.Howe seems to feel that the treatment received this afternoon should justify his seeking redress from those military gentlemen.

Would any here think it necessary to create a breach between the Regiment and ourselves, from the fact of their having, while under the influence of liquor, shewed an incapacity to treat a guest with becoming respect, being utterly indifferent to every feeling save that engendered by abuse of appetite?
Do I state it aright Mr.Howe ?" "Your Excellency is right," said the Secretary, "sometimes I see the foolishness of being hot-tempered, but never more than on this occasion." "We can afford to laugh at the matter now, Howe," said Captain Douglas, "to-morrow you will heap coals on their heads with a vengeance." The company enjoyed a hearty laugh, in which His Excellency joined.

"You may have cause to bless your stars that you were absent, Trevelyan," said Mr.Douglas, "as you might have been pressed into service against Howe." Guy Trevelyan was indeed a young man of marked ability and much promise.
His father, Colonel Trevelyan, was a brother officer with Sir Howard during the Peninsula campaign.

For signal service he was rewarded by knighthood and the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.