His handsome face and figure, and winning manner--" "His manner is part of his stock in trade," the colonel said, angrily.

"He is a born actor; and can deceive, for a time, even those who are perfectly aware of his unscrupulous character.
"Remember one thing, Mr.Lindsay: that if you are in any difficulty, or if a tumult breaks out in the city, you had best make your way here, at once.

A trooper of my escort was thrown from his horse, and killed, the other day; and if you attire yourself in his uniform, you will pass for one of them.

Whatever happens, they are not likely to be touched.

Both parties wish to stand well with me and, even were it found out that you are an Englishman, you would be safely sheltered here; for I should claim you as my assistant, and an officer in our army, and declare truthfully that you had only assumed this guise in order to ascertain, for me, the feelings of the populace." "Thank you, sir.