Having galloped once up and down the lines, he stopped his powerful horse in the middle, and looking along the ranks with an air of grave satisfaction, he said, "You pass muster well.

That is well.

I like it to be so.

It is plain to see that you are tried soldiers, in spite of your youth.

We will first hold a review, and then I will lead you to something more agreeable." So saying, he dismounted, and walking toward the right wing he began to inspect one troop after another in the closest manner, with the captain of each company at his side, that he might receive from him accurate account upon the minutest particulars.