“He said all that?”
“Every bit, in other words. And here’s what I liked, Dick. He said all that he knew of me was from seeing me in the field with the men, but he felt that I was a brave English gentleman.”
“Hear, hear! So you are.”
“Don’t be a fool, Dick,” said Wyatt shortly; “this is serious.”
“Well, I was never more serious in my life.”
“Gammon! And he said that if I would stick to him—”
“That he didn’t,” said Dick. “Not an Eastern style of expression.”
“Get out! You know what I mean—that if I’d stand by him well with the men, I should find him a very true friend.”
“And what did you say?”
“Only that we were sent to do our duty, and that we’d stick to him like trumps.”