There were two officiers at another table (only infantry), and they were so interested in our party.

Me be all dat: indeed me be one very grand man in Franceupon my soul me be one count, me have one grand equipage in France, and me be very good for de esprit: indeed me be one grand beau-a-la-modeone officier in de regiment: me be very good for de Engleterres.

The humorist of the company would remark upon the fatigued appearance of a sous- officier near enough to hear.

I only stayed a few days, and came home, on New Year's Eve, to find that he had left the night before, having been suddenly transferred to the staff of the commander of the first army, as officier de la liaison, and I had in his place a young sous-officier of twenty-two, who proves to be a cousin of the famous French spy, Captain Luxe, who made that sensational escape, in 1910, from a supposed-to-be-impregnable German military prison.

At the first door a dame of massive proportions, but keen business instincts, announced her total inability to accommodate soldats, but explained that she would be pleased to entertain officiers to any number.