I make no doubt that, on my strong recommendation, he will obtain a grant of the revenue of a village or two.

Such a grant would do good by showing that instances of fidelity, even in the case of a private soldier, do not go unnoticed or unrewarded.

We expect the general's arrival here in a couple of days." "I shall be very glad, sir, if only because my uniform is coming on with his baggage.

At present, with my white face and this showy native dress, I feel that I am stared at by everyone I meet.

The uniform that Captain Ewart lent me I had to leave behind, when I made my escape." "It will not inconvenience him, poor fellow," the colonel said, "for he was almost cut in two, by a cannon shot, as the enemy advanced to the last assault." When the general arrived within three miles of the city, Harry rode out to his camp and, having first obtained his uniform, went in to report himself.
"So you got through safely, Captain Lindsay?
I supposed that you had, when the news reached us that Delhi was defending itself stoutly for, had they not had some days warning, they could hardly have held out for an hour." "This is Colonel Burns's report of the military operations of the siege, sir; and this is a letter from the Resident; and this is my own report, of my doings since I left you at Agra." "Thank you, Captain Lindsay.