"I could not resist the pleasure of bringing him in to you.

He has just escaped from Bayonne, and landed an hour ago." "I am glad to see you, indeed," the adjutant general said, rising and shaking Terence warmly by the hand.

"The last time we met was on the day when Victor attacked us, in the afternoon, after sending the Spaniards flying.

You rendered us good service that evening, and still greater by acquainting the commander-in-chief of the large force that had gathered in his rear--a force at least three times as strong as we had reckoned on.

A day later, and we should have been overwhelmed.