"Blustering hadn't helped me, and a look at Rudi's mocking face told me that whining wouldn't either. Robbed of the tw…"

"But strangely enough, I became a little closer to de Gautet, for I discovered that he shared one of my chief interest…"

""D—n your lousy eyes!" cries he [Captain Spring], "Take that infernal Dago duster out of my sight — would you bury an…"

"I took up with Speed and the greenhorn, who was now waxing voluble in the grip of booze, and off we went. [W]e stoppe…"

"“They are ship’s biscuits – what should we need those for?” “Insurance, my lad”, says I. “Take ‘em along, and it’s od…"

"Oh, he [Raglan] was brave and determined and ready to take on all odds – the worst kind of general imaginable. Give m…"

"Well, if I was in disgrace, I was also in good health, and that's what matters. ... The Russian wounded lay in piles …"

"We took a stroll the first afternoon, in the direction of Balmoral, and on the road encountered what seemed to be a f…"

"His (Cardigan's) voice pursued me, cracking with rage."

"It’s a great thing, prayer. Nobody answers, but at least it stops you from thinking."