“I believe you said you never drank any whiskey?”
“I never did, sir.”
“Then you never was drunk?”
“Never, sir.”
“Sir.”
“Are you a—hic——”
Somers was not a “hic;” but he was an impatient young man, and very anxious to be instructed in regard to his difficult and dangerous mission.
“Are you a minister of the gospel?” demanded the general, after a mighty effort.
“No, sir; I am not.”