And kindly said, ‘You’ll dine with me at four:
‘In the mean time, as things to you are new,
‘The Adjutant will tell you what to do.
‘Here, Orderly! step to the barrack-yard,
‘And say I wish to speak with Mr. Ward.
‘But cool yourself, and then your Billet seek;
‘I mean to keep you here at least a Week.’
John’s heart was soft—thus taken by surprize,
He felt a sort of twinkling in his eyes;
He falter’d, stammer’d, felt himself distrest,