If you lay a couple of blankets on the bamboos, you will find that you don't want a mattress." "I don't know what my duties are, sir, or whether the general will be wanting me." "He will not want you, today.

Anyhow, he will know that you will be making your arrangements, and moving into your quarters.
"By the way, Hitchcock brought a syce with him.

You must have a man for your horses, and I have no doubt he will be glad to stay on with you." Two hours later Stanley was installed in his quarters--a room some twelve feet long by eight wide.

A bed stood in one corner.

There was a table for writing on, two light bamboo chairs, and an Indian lounging chair.