Allow me to be captain, Richie, will you?
I will show you how battles are gained and mountains are scaled.

That young Prince Otto of Eisenberg is a fine young fellow.

Those Austrian cavalry regiments are good training-schools for the carriage of a young man's head and limbs.

I would match my boy against him in the exercises--fencing, shooting, riding.' 'As you did at Bath,' said I.
He replied promptly: 'We might give him Anna Penrhys to marry.

English wives are liked here--adored--if they fetch a dowry.