"But Lord Wellington—"
"Would make it a general court-martial affair. But there is a time for every thing, and this Spanish robber and I may meet again."
"Spain appears a wretched country to campaign in?"
"Truly it is so."
"I liked Lisbon pretty well; and found much amusement in frequenting the assembly-room, the Italian opera-house, the theatre, and circus for the bull-fights."
"Faith! I saw none of these things, Louis; my purse is scarcely so deep as yours. And the public promenades, you visited them doubtless?"
"The trees and shrubbery are beautifully arranged; but I cannot admire the ladies of Lisbon, they are so little, so meagre and tawny."
"You will like Spain better. Hand me the pigskin, if you please."
"I have not been very favourably impressed by what I have seen of it. The roads on our route are all but impassable,—mere sheep-tracks in some places; and the posadas are the most wretched to be imagined."
"Rather different from the snug 'Old George' at Perth, with its portly landlord, bowing waiters, and smiling hostess."