He rode on a little, then came back to us.
"I like your new Sister," he said.

"She's charming." "She's engaged," I answered, "to the new Englishman." "Ah! the new Englishman!" He laughed.

"Apologies, Ivan Andreievitch (myself), to your country ...

but really ...

what's he going to do with us ?" "He'll work," I said, surprised at the heat that I felt in Trenchard's defence.