"You going to play?"
"Yes, boys. I am a Blue shirt, or a cap, or a stocking, I forget which, but I know I'm blue."
"Perhaps you will be black and blue before you get through," said Jack.
"Good for the major," ejaculated Harvey, laughing.
"All right, boys. Have your little jokes with the old man, but you will see how I shall paralyze the Americans with my play."
"I wish you luck," answered Harkaway, "and would go with you, only I expect Van Hoosen here."
"Is there any fresh news about the marriage?" asked Mole.
"None. Mrs. Van Hoosen has made up her mind that Lena shall marry Maltravers," replied Jack.
"Misguided girl!"
"She is, indeed. I have every reason to know that she does not love him, and only a mistaken sense of duty to her mother makes her accept him."