Poor Colonel De Lancey looked most alarmed. Aman who marries for the first time at the age of forty-two knows only too wellthat almost all his acquaintance are better qualified to manage his domesticaffairs than him. He eyed Childermass disapprovingly. But my name is Greysteel,sir, not Greyfield.
A grey rain was beginning to fall. As an experiment Strange reached forward and plucked off His Majesty'sscarlet nightcap. At that moment an officer standing dose by cried out that the Dragoons hadincreased their pace to a gallop and would soon be upon the French. It was an exceedingly complicated tale andStrange did not believe a word of it.
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