To have served on Campbell's staff will be an introduction to every officers' mess in the country; and you may be sure that, not only shall we hold Rangoon in future, but there will be a good many more British stations between Assam and here than there now are; and it would be a pull for you, even in the way of trade, to stand on a good footing everywhere." "I quite see that," Stanley agreed, "and if the general is good enough to offer me an appointment, I shall certainly take it." "You have almost a right to one, Brooke.

In the Peninsula lots of men got their commissions by serving for a time as volunteers; and having been wounded at Ramoo, and being one of the few survivors of that fight; and having gone through a captivity, at no small risk of being put to death the first time that the king was out of temper, your claim is a very strong one, indeed.

Besides, there is hardly a man here who speaks Burmese, and your services will be very valuable.
"Here are fifty rupees," he went on, handing the money to Stanley.
"It is not much change out of five hundred; but I can assure you that you have got the things at a bargain, for you would have had to pay more than that for them, in England; and I fancy most of the things are in very good condition, for Hitchcock only came out about four months ago.

Of course the clothes are nothing like new but, at any rate, they are in a very much better state than those of anyone who came here three months ago.
"I have ordered them all to be sent to my quarters where, of course, you will take up your abode till something is settled about you; which will probably be this evening.

In that case, you will have quarters allotted to you, tomorrow." "Thank you very much.