He has had less experience than the colonel, but thinks he knows more.

His opinion of the French is very poor.

Believes we ought to brush 'em aside with ease." "I hope you don't think that way, Grosvenor," said Robert.

"We in this country know that the French is one of the most valiant races the world has produced." "And so do most thinking Englishmen.

The only victories we boast much about are those we have won over the French, which shows that we consider them foes worthy of anybody's steel.