Take this note to General R———. As yours is only to be a short sojourn, he has kindly offered to make room for you on his staff. No thanks—and waving his hand, the interview ended.
Delighted at my good fortune, I rode off to the head-quarters of the fourth division—presented my credentials—was introduced to one of the most gallant soldiers that ever commanded a brigade—and made the acquaintance of the best fellow upon earth—his aid-de-camp, Tom F———-
CHAPTER XXXVIII. OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN—BATTLE OF VITTORIA.
King Henry. “Yet, God before, tell him we will come on,
Though France himself, and such another neighbour,
Stand in our way.
If we may pass, we will; if we be hinder’d,
We shall your tawny ground with your red blood