It was less than two years and a half ago.

I was senior lieutenant at the time, and now I am pretty well up on the list of captains, thanks to the work we have done and the vacancies that death has made." "And that boy has gone over your head, and is now walking about as a major, with the order on his breast.

It is enough to make one sick of soldiering.

Who is he related to ?" "He is related to Marshal Keith," Ronsfeldt said quietly.
"Ah! That explains it." "I don't think you quite understand the case, Stauffen.

Certainly you don't, if you think that there has been any favouritism.