Rosen would no doubt disapprove of it, but I cannot help that.

All the Irish gentlemen in the army would agree that I had done rightly, and, even if they didn't, my own conscience would be quite sufficient for me to act upon.

I am fighting against the king's enemies, not warring against women and children.
"How soundly the poor lad sleeps, and how changed he is! He is a mere skeleton.

I should not have known him in the least.

If this is the condition into which a strong, healthy lad has fallen, what must the women and children have suffered! I wish Kirk had not turned coward, but had landed his troops.