While the rest of Suborn's regiment suffered as much from fever as the other troops, scarce a man in this company was sick, and they have, all the winter, been fit for arduous service at any moment." "That is good indeed, and I will remember it, and will see that, another winter, similar games are carried on throughout the army.
Let the company be paraded at once.

I will, myself, inspect them." The company's call was sounded, and, surprised at a summons just as they were cooking their dinners, the troops fell in, in front of their quarters, and the officers took their places in front of them, and waited for orders.
"I wonder what is up now," Nigel Forbes said to Harry.

"You have not heard anything, from your father, of our being wanted, have you ?" "No; he was just as much surprised as I was, when a sergeant ran up with Schlippenbach's order that the company were to fall in." Five minutes after they had formed up, three officers were seen approaching on foot.
"It is the colonel himself," Forbes muttered, as Captain Jervoise gave the word to the men to stand to attention.
A minute later, Captain Jervoise gave the order for the salute, and Harry saw that the tall young officer, walking with the colonel, was the king.

Without speaking a word, Charles walked up and down the line, narrowly inspecting the men, then he returned to the front.
"A fine set of fellows, Schlippenbach.

I wish that, like my grandfather, I had some fifteen thousand of such troops under my orders.