The first step towards success would be to hang every member, of every Junta, in every place we occupy." A general chorus of "Hear, hear!" showed how deeply was the feeling excited by the conduct of the Portuguese and Spanish authorities.
After chatting until a late hour, Terence and his companion returned to their inn.

The next morning, Terence reported himself to General Hill.
"I am glad to see you again, Colonel O'Connor," the general said.
"The last time we met was when the surgeons were dressing my wounds, on the heights near Talavera.

That was a hot business, for a time." "Yes, sir; and I have to thank you, very much, for the very kind report you sent in as to the conduct of my regiment." "They deserved it," the general said.

"If they had not come up at the time they did, we should have had hard work to retake that hill.
"Your regiment has been behaving very well, since they have been here.

They, like the other Portuguese regiments, have often been on short rations, and their pay is very much in arrear, but there has been no grumbling.