“I’ve lost mine before now, my lad, over a very serious operation—when I was young, you know.”
“May be, sir; but Drew Lennox is not the sort of fellow for that.”
“As a rule, say.”
“Yes, as a rule, sir, without a single exception.”
“And took fright and ran?”
“Rubbish, sir! He couldn’t.”
“Just as Roby says?”
“Roby’s mad.”
“And as Corporal May holds to in corroboration?”
“No, sir, no; and I should like to see Corporal May flogged.”