How you stood it, I cannot make out.

I worked pretty hard when I first arrived; but the drill for the first six months was tremendous, and I used to be glad to crawl into bed, as soon as I had had my supper.
"Well, you have been a poor companion so far, Drummond." "I am afraid I have been, but will try and make up for it, in the future.
"I suppose there is no doubt that we shall march, in the first place, on Dresden." "I think that there is no doubt of that.

There is no Saxon army to speak of, certainly nothing that can offer any serious opposition.
From there there are three or four passes by which we could pour into Bohemia.

Saxony is a rich country, too, and will afford us a fine base for supplies, as we move on.

I suppose the Austrians will collect an army to oppose us, in Bohemia.