I shall be longer, perhaps a quarter of an hour; so if you wait for me, we will go to Shepherd's, and talk your business over in some sort of comfort." "I am pleased, indeed," Mr.Murray said, when Gregory told him of his appointment.

"It is better than I even hoped.

It is bad enough there, in the position of an officer, but it would be infinitely worse in any other capacity.

Do you want to draw any money ?" "No, sir; I have fifty pounds by me, and that will be enough, I should think, for everything." "More than ample.

Of course, you have plenty of light underclothing of all sorts, and a couple of suits of khaki will not cost you anything like so much as they would, if you got them at a military tailor's in London.