If, as is often the case, he is a bad one, well, one is far better without him.

It is curious how men who have been smart soldiers, when in the ranks, are apt to go to the bad when they become servants.

They have more time on their hands, are free from most of the parades, have no sentry duty to perform, and the consequence is that they become slovenly and careless, and in nine cases out of ten give way to drink at every opportunity.

If Mr.Kennedy's servant is really a good one, you will be better off, with a third of his services, than you would be with the whole of that of an ordinary soldier servant.
"You have just returned from England, have you not?
The duke told Captain Fromart that you were among those who were captured in the Salisbury, but that you had made your escape.

He gave no particulars, for indeed, the duke is not given to much speech.