"I'll pay these bills, but if you get into debt at Woolwich, you had better not come home.

I have enough trouble about money, and your allowance is going to be a strain.

There's another thing: Carter, who hasn't had your advantages, got in as a prize cadet." Gerald smiled.

"He hasn't got his commission.

Old Harry means well, but he's not our sort, and these plodding, cramming fellows seldom make good officers." "An officer must pay his mess bills, whether he's good or bad," Osborn rejoined.