I am rather nervous about that, for I am not accustomed to dine with generals." "You will find it all very pleasant," the other said.

"Hunter is a splendid fellow, and is adored by his men.

His staff are all comparatively young men, with none of the stiffness of the British staff officer about them.

We are all young--there is scarcely a man with the rank of captain in the British Army out here.

We are all majors or colonels in the Egyptian Army, but most of us are subalterns in our own regiments.