"All commanding cavalry officers, and of course the foreign visitors."
"Ah, a horrid male party! You will enjoy it excessively, I daresay, get abominably foxed, and come reeling back to Brussels with the dawn."
"Well! You have drawn no rose-coloured picture of-my character, at all events! There can be no disillusionment for you to fear!"
"No, none for me," she said.
He saw that she was ready to give her horses the office to start, but detained her. "Do you mean to drive alone? Is not Harry with you?"
"Certainly I mean to drive alone. Harry is not here."
"Don't tell me there are no young gentlemen eager for the chance to escort you?"
"I have sometimes a strong liking for my owrr company," she replied. "But as for being alone, pray observe Matthew, my tiger."
"Let someone ride back with you, Bab."
"Are you afraid I may be molested by the brutal soldiery? I don't fear it!"