As such, you will of course be a member of headquarters mess, and therefore escape the trouble of providing for yourself.

You have not brought a servant up with you, I suppose ?" "No, sir.

Captain Ewart, who most kindly advised me as to my outfit, said that, if I could find an intelligent native here, it would be better than taking a man from Cairo." "Quite right; and the fellows one picks up at Cairo are generally lazy, and almost always dishonest.

The men you get here may not know much, but are ready enough to learn; and, if well treated, will go through fire and water for their master.
"Go down to the stores, and tell the officer in charge there that I shall be glad if he will pick out two or three fellows, from whom you may choose a servant." When Gregory had given his message, the officer said: "You had better pick out one for yourself, Mr.Hilliard.Strength and willingness to work are the points I keep my eye upon; and, except for the foremen of the gangs, their intelligence does not interest me.

You had better take a turn among the parties at work, and pick out a man for yourself." Gregory was not long in making his choice.