You will find your former quarters in readiness for you.

Dinner at the usual time; then you shall tell me the news of Cairo.
"Now, Mr.Hilliard," and he turned to Gregory, "pray take a seat.

This is your first experience in soldiering, I suppose ?" "Yes, sir." "I think you are the first white officer who has been appointed, who has not had experience in our own army first.

You have not been appointed to any particular battalion, have you ?" "No, sir.

I think I have come out to make myself generally useful.
These are the letters that I was to hand to you--one is from the Sirdar himself, the other is from his chief of the staff, and this letter is from Captain Ewart." The General read the Sirdar's letter first.