I hate half-and-half measures.

The Children of Israel seem to have been the only people who ever carried war to its logical conclusion--except Cromwell in Ireland.

Made a compromise at last by which the man is to be detained as a prisoner and executed if his information prove to be false.

I only hope we get a fair chance of showing what we can do.
No doubt these fellows at the Front will have C.B.'s and knighthoods showering upon them thick and fast, while we poor devils, who have had most of the responsibility and anxiety, will be passed over completely.
Elliott has a whitlow.
The last convoy left us a large packet of sauces, but as they forgot to leave anything to eat with them, we have handed them over to the Sowars, who drink them out of their pannikins as if they were liqueurs.

We hear that another large convoy may be expected from the plains in the course of a day or two.