Of course I can hold on on my pay; but the loss of so much money will make a lot of difference, and I fear I shall have to transfer.

It is hard lines, because I am now pretty high on the list of lieutenants; and shall, of course, have to go to the bottom of the list.
"The only alternative would be to enlist in some white regiment that has lately come out.

There are plenty of gentlemen in the ranks.

I certainly see no other way." "I had no idea it was so bad as that, Gordon.

Surely there must be some other way out of the difficulty.