In future I shall become what is called a votary, and shall cut down my spirits to the narrowest limit." "That would be running to the opposite extreme, Hallett.

Too much tea is just as bad as too much spirits." "Ah! Well, I can breakfast with coffee or cocoa.

The next time I go on the march, I shall take two or three pounds of cocoa in my box.
Many a time I have longed for a cup, when we have started at three o'clock in the morning, and have felt that it would be well worth a guinea a cup.

Now I shall have the satisfaction of always starting with a good warm drink, which is as good for hunger as thirst.

I have often wondered how I could have been fool enough not to bring a supply with me." "Yes, it would have been very comforting," Lisle agreed; "we shall know better, another time." "I trust that there will never be another time like this for me.