He threw out one hand palm upward to show that the tale was ended.

'We came well and cleanly out of it,' said the Subadar-Major.

'Correct! Correct! Correct!' said the Regimental Chaplain. 'In an evil age it is good to hear such things, and there is certainly no doubt that this is a very evil age.'


JOBSON'S AMEN

'Blessed be the English and all their ways and works.

Cursed be the Infidels, Hereticks, and Turks!'

'Amen,' quo' Jobson, 'but where I used to lie

Was neither Candle, Bell nor Book to curse my brethren by: