I know I have twice seen him talking with my butler; who was, as you know, Captain Bullen's servant." "Well, it may possibly be so," the colonel said, "but at any rate it is only suspicion, and we had better leave the matter as it stands.

If it is young Bullen, I don't know that he has done a bad thing for himself.

If he goes on as he has begun, his experience will go a long way towards getting him a commission; and he will be a great deal better off than if he were grinding up for two years in England.

Such a strong recommendation as I could give him would be of great value to him and, moreover, he has a claim on the ground that his father was killed on service.
"At any rate, we must take no action, whatever, at present.

It is no slight thing he has done; that is, if it be he.