"But I bow to the necessities of war.

At least it cannot be said of me, as was said of those whose interests Souza represented, that I put private considerations above public duty--that is the phrase, I think.

The individual must suffer that the nation may triumph.

A Roman maxim, my dear General." "And a British one," said O'Moy, to whom Britain was a second Rome.
"Oh, admitted," replied the amiable Samoval.

"You proved it by your uncompromising firmness in the affair of Tavora." "What was that ?" inquired Miss Armytage.
"Have you not heard ?" cried Samoval in astonishment.
"Of course not," snapped O'Moy, who had broken into a cold perspiration.
"Hardly a subject for the ladies, Count." Rebuked for his intention, Samoval submitted instantly.
"Perhaps not; perhaps not," he agreed, as if dismissing it, whereupon O'Moy recovered from his momentary breathlessness.