You have got the V.C.and the D.S.O., which ought to satisfy you; to say nothing of having got your company, and brevet majority, at the age of twenty-one.

You must be content with that, otherwise the regiment will rise against you." "That would be very unpleasant," Lisle said, with a laugh.

"I will try to suppress my zeal.

I can assure you that I am perfectly conscious of the incongruity of being in such a position, at my age." At present Lisle is with his regiment, and the prospect of a war with Russia is no nearer than it was..