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Now, tell me what youve been doing since I A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. 33 saw you a year ago. I thought you had made up your mind to stay in the country with your father. So I had And why didnt you go asked Debrett. I did go. And I stayed with him all through the ter and spring. But I got tired of the country ; I wanted to be back in London ; and so I came away about six weeks ago before all my money was spent And how have you been getting on since Well, times are not too lively. But youve got something to do, I suppose No; nothing. Nothing Thats bad. Youve tried, I sup pose Tried I should think so But youre clever. You can write well and tot up accounts. swallog the last drops of his liquor, and moving to the door. I think that very likely you blacked their boots. Saying that, he was gone, and Ferrers toe was too late to help him out You had him there, laughed the barmaid ; and hes bolted. He has, said Ferrers. But I may meet him another day. He finished his drink and departed, thinking over what he had said. His defence of his officers was quite unpremeditated. They had not been in his thoughts, and it had not occurred to him to appeal to them to find a way for him out of his present dead lock. But now that the suggestion had arisen quite of itself, as one might say, he asked himself, Why not 1 6 4 SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. So he marched on westward, till he found clubs to right of him, clubs to left of him, each one volleying forth from open dows above and below the liquor ish and appetising odours of good cookery. Lord Debrett, he knew, was to be heard of at the Junior Carlton ; and he walked slowly past its ample and imposing doorway. But a glance at the hall porter, who was taking the air on the top step, and who looked as important as a Secretary of State, and far more alarming than his late captain, and a glimpse of the gorgeous marble interior, so daunted him that he lost heart. He passed on and up St Jamess Street, and so into Piccadilly, and on again westward. He was offered sundry adventures of a doubtful kind, but he marched steadily on. The roadway was thronged with omni buses, and redeyed hansoms and carriages bearing people from home and dinner to theatre, opera, or party ; and the pavements were peopled with well dressed persons of both es ; but nowhere did he perceive a hint of the frail old gentleman or the lonely dowager who, he had hoped, were longing to adopt him. When he was near his old barracks of Knights bridge, he thought he was about as far west as civili A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. \j sation and opportunity could extend, and as Fate could expect him to go. However, he consulted chance again, as he had done before. He set his cane upright on the pavement and let it fall. It fell without an instants hesitation to the east Very well, said he to himself. Back I go. said he, I think youve not come enough the old soldier, as you used to siy ; youve A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. 27 been toostraightforward and frank with those civil ians. What do you mean, Debrett asked Ferrers. Well, you havent bounced. Youve just led them to think you were a poor devil of a simple soldier, strong, deserving and willing. That was a mistake. How do you mean Dont you see There was a want of generalship about it. You remember how Drury Lowe took Cairo With a bit of bounce Yes, by Jingo said Ferrers with enthusiasm. Pluck first and bounce afterwards. Well, there you are, said Debrett. Youve got pluck, but no bounce. Now look here. Though youre not a gentleman, Ferrers you know what I mean, that you havent birth, or estates, or that sort of thing youd very well pass for a gentleman with most people : you look like a gentleman, and you have the manners of a gentleman. Ive lived with your lordship so long, said Ferrers. Dont say that again, Ferrers. Its only when you open your mouth and say something of that sort that you show, to anybody that knows, that youre not the proper thing. Dont say much to these civilians, and whatever you do dont be humble. Go about 28 A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN, well dressed you know how call yourself captain or colonel ; keep a stiff back, and, if you think it will work, be quietly insolent : those civilian beggars, I believe, will like you all the better for it. I believe youre right, said Ferrers, with his brows puckered in attention. Of course Im right. Ive seen it many a time. Now you take my tip and youll get on. Lord Debrett uttered himself solemnly, as if what he said was the result of the garnered observation of a lifetime ; and very likely it was. I believe youre right, repeated Ferrers. Why, Ive seen jokers myself, Is it Irish or American manners to make a row with a woman in a public place Mind your own business, said the furious Irish man, you English lamppost Ferrers said not a word ; but stepping up to him, he gripped him by the waist, raised him and shook him as a mastiff might shake a yapping cur, and dropped him into the water of the fountainbasin. The crowd, which had held its breath a moment, now roared with laughter : the ducking was a joke i* could appreciate. 20 ^ SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. CHAPTER II. COMRADES. BY Jove Ferrers heard a voice exclaim be hind him, Ive known only one man that could lift another man like that He thought he knew the voice. He turned, and saw a gentleman in evening dress about as tall as himself pushing towards him. It was Lord Debrett, who came and looked him in the face and grasped his hand. What By Jove I it is you really, Ferrers. What are you doing here Come along. The police are sure to turn up now when it is all over, and they may want to collar you. The IrishAmerican had scrambled out of his unexpected bath, and dripping with wet and fury he cried: Ill remember you for this 1 Ill spot you Youd better scuttle home, said Lord Debrett, and change your clothes, or youll catch cold. And having thus said, he took Ferrers arm and led A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. Ai him outside the crowd, where he was joined by an other gentleman in evening dress. I was right, said Lord Debrett. Let me introduce to you, Sir William, my old comrade, Ferrers of the Blues Ser geant Ferrers that was. Sir William bowed somewhat stiffly ; and Ferrers, being taken thus at unawares, returned the bow rather awkwardly. He felt he did not like Sir William, for no other reason, perhaps, than that he had made him to appear awkward. Sir William was middleaged, thinwhiskered, lean, and of the middle height. Come and let us have a talk, said Lord Debrett. Ferrers said nothing ; the presence of Sir William kept him from being quite easy and frank with his late captain. Were you going anywhere in particular asked Lord Debrett No, my lord, said Ferrers ; I was just hanging about. Well, Sir William and I were just walking down to the Gaiety for an hour ; we have to go somewhere else afterwards. Suppose, Dawlish, you go on to the theatre and come back and find me in the smok ingroom of the Club tt A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. That will suit me very well, said Sir William. And me, too, thought Ferrers; and he bowed adieu to Sir William Dawlish with the greatest good will, supposing he saw the last of him. But he had not done that by any means ; and thereby hangs our tale. The comradesinarms walked off together along Pall Mall. So he returned the way he had come, his hope of adventure sinking lower and lower the nearer he ap proached to Trafalgar Square. At last he was back in his former place, leaning over the parapet. It was now quite dark, as dark, that is, as it ever is on a hot, clearskied summer night The space below him around the fountains was inhabited by dark fig ures, moving, as it seemed, aimlessly about ; while the benches were almost completely filled with the unemployed, he thought Im one of the unemployed, he said to himself. Ill have a seat. He descended the steps, made room for himself on a bench, and lighted his pipe. He sat thus for a little while musing. He saw in imagination his old home in the Cumberland hills under the summer night the rich fields sloping down from the , ivyclad house, and the sheltering wood behind. In fancy he heard the bark of the watchdog bark answering unto bark all down and round the 1 8 A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. dale and the low of the kine returned to pasture from the evening milking ; he smelt, too, the sweet cool odour of the newmown hay, the rich evanescent scent of the roses in the farmgarden, and of the honey suckle in the hedges round ; and a lump rose in his throat, and he dered whether, after all, he had not better return, like the prodigal, to his father and take what place could be found for him. Suddenly he became aware of loud and angry voices not far off ; and looking up, he saw near one of the fountain basins a dark knot of people which was drag to itself more and more dark units from all sides. He rose and went over. As he approached, a shrill fe male voice rose in the air Police and continued in a key but little below the shrillest : Ill see if youll molest a woman going quietly about her busi ness you bad man you black, nefarious creature you Elbog his way into the centre of the crowd, he saw that the bad man on whom the womans rage was concentred was the blackmuzzled Irishman. He was declaring to the amused or indifferent by standers that the woman had done this and that, and had said this and that to him. Why dont you let the woman alone demanded A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. 19 Ferrers. There are lots can do that better than me. I havent tried for that. What have you tried for Ive tried for drag I know you can draw and paint firstclass. Well, Ive offered myself as a War Artist, anff 24 A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. shown some of my things. They liked them ; but there aint a war on, nor expected worse luck So they just took my name in case anything should turn up ; though they seemed to think I was too big, too noticeable, and would take too much to keep. Little nippers of men, I suppose, said Debrett, would do better for that. Ive offered myself, continued Ferrers, warming to his narrative, to teach the use of the sabre in a fencinggallery ; but it appears nobody wants to learn cavalry practice, and rapier practice I dont know. Humph grunted Debrett meditatively. Ive offeifed myself as a ridingmaster ; but they dered if they had any horse strong enough to carry me. And Ive answered advertisements for lots of other things, but without getting any reply. The fact is I seem to be too big for anything, except a door ornament with buttons for a swell shop or restaurant. The doose you are exclaimed Lord Debrett, meditatively twisting his moustache. I daresay now if I broke loose and spent till I could get no more to spend, and if I had to take up some occupa tion, theyd think me too big, by Jove I A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. 25 Oh, said Ferrers, youre a lord. For that, the bigger the better. Is that it So being called a lord has its ad vantages. I should think so rather, said Ferrers with a laugh. But go on, said Debrett. Tell me about yourself. You mean to go on trying to get some thing, I suppose I mean to go on trying; though, to tell the truth, I dont know what to try for next Do you think I can do anything for you If you find yourself short, you know, Ferrers Oh, Im all right, ------=_Part_3_154468394.1487104089459 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit i guess so
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    Who was the man you ducked, Ferrers asked Lord Debrett. I dont know, my lord, answered Ferrers. I met him first an hour or more ago in a publichouse, where he was calling English officers names ; and I came across him again now rog with a woman, so I settled both counts by sousing him. Lord Debrett laughed. But look here, Ferrers. Dont call me my lord or captain when we meet like this, any more than I call you sergeant Weve been comrades ; and if it hadnt been for you, my bones would be bleaching with the rest at Abu Klea ; so just call me Debrett, as I call you Ferrers. Very well, said Ferrers, feeling not unnaturally somewhat lifted up. Now, tell me what youve been doing since I A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. 33 saw you a year ago. I thought you had made up your mind to stay in the country with your father. So I had And why didnt you go asked Debrett. I did go. And I stayed with him all through the ter and spring. But I got tired of the country ; I wanted to be back in London ; and so I came away about six weeks ago before all my money was spent And how have you been getting on since Well, times are not too lively. But youve got something to do, I suppose No; nothing. Nothing Thats bad. Youve tried, I sup pose Tried I should think so But youre clever. You can write well and tot up accounts.

    swallog the last drops of his liquor, and moving to the door. I think that very likely you blacked their boots. Saying that, he was gone, and Ferrers toe was too late to help him out You had him there, laughed the barmaid ; and hes bolted. He has, said Ferrers. But I may meet him another day. He finished his drink and departed, thinking over what he had said. His defence of his officers was quite unpremeditated. They had not been in his thoughts, and it had not occurred to him to appeal to them to find a way for him out of his present dead lock. But now that the suggestion had arisen quite of itself, as one might say, he asked himself, Why not 1 6 4 SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. So he marched on westward, till he found clubs to right of him, clubs to left of him, each one volleying forth from open dows above and below the liquor ish and appetising odours of good cookery. Lord Debrett, he knew, was to be heard of at the Junior Carlton ; and he walked slowly past its ample and imposing doorway. But a glance at the hall porter, who was taking the air on the top step, and who looked as important as a Secretary of State, and far more alarming than his late captain, and a glimpse of the gorgeous marble interior, so daunted him that he lost heart. He passed on and up St Jamess Street, and so into Piccadilly, and on again westward. He was offered sundry adventures of a doubtful kind, but he marched steadily on. The roadway was thronged with omni buses, and redeyed hansoms and carriages bearing people from home and dinner to theatre, opera, or party ; and the pavements were peopled with well dressed persons of both es ; but nowhere did he perceive a hint of the frail old gentleman or the lonely dowager who, he had hoped, were longing to adopt him. When he was near his old barracks of Knights bridge, he thought he was about as far west as civili A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. \j sation and opportunity could extend, and as Fate could expect him to go. However, he consulted chance again, as he had done before. He set his cane upright on the pavement and let it fall. It fell without an instants hesitation to the east Very well, said he to himself. Back I go.

    said he, I think youve not come enough the old soldier, as you used to siy ; youve A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. 27 been toostraightforward and frank with those civil ians. What do you mean, Debrett asked Ferrers. Well, you havent bounced. Youve just led them to think you were a poor devil of a simple soldier, strong, deserving and willing. That was a mistake. How do you mean Dont you see There was a want of generalship about it. You remember how Drury Lowe took Cairo With a bit of bounce Yes, by Jingo said Ferrers with enthusiasm. Pluck first and bounce afterwards. Well, there you are, said Debrett. Youve got pluck, but no bounce. Now look here. Though youre not a gentleman, Ferrers you know what I mean, that you havent birth, or estates, or that sort of thing youd very well pass for a gentleman with most people : you look like a gentleman, and you have the manners of a gentleman. Ive lived with your lordship so long, said Ferrers. Dont say that again, Ferrers. Its only when you open your mouth and say something of that sort that you show, to anybody that knows, that youre not the proper thing. Dont say much to these civilians, and whatever you do dont be humble. Go about 28 A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN, well dressed you know how call yourself captain or colonel ; keep a stiff back, and, if you think it will work, be quietly insolent : those civilian beggars, I believe, will like you all the better for it. I believe youre right, said Ferrers, with his brows puckered in attention. Of course Im right. Ive seen it many a time. Now you take my tip and youll get on. Lord Debrett uttered himself solemnly, as if what he said was the result of the garnered observation of a lifetime ; and very likely it was. I believe youre right, repeated Ferrers. Why, Ive seen jokers myself,

    Is it Irish or American manners to make a row with a woman in a public place Mind your own business, said the furious Irish man, you English lamppost Ferrers said not a word ; but stepping up to him, he gripped him by the waist, raised him and shook him as a mastiff might shake a yapping cur, and dropped him into the water of the fountainbasin. The crowd, which had held its breath a moment, now roared with laughter : the ducking was a joke i* could appreciate. 20 ^ SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. CHAPTER II. COMRADES. BY Jove Ferrers heard a voice exclaim be hind him, Ive known only one man that could lift another man like that He thought he knew the voice. He turned, and saw a gentleman in evening dress about as tall as himself pushing towards him. It was Lord Debrett, who came and looked him in the face and grasped his hand. What By Jove I it is you really, Ferrers. What are you doing here Come along. The police are sure to turn up now when it is all over, and they may want to collar you. The IrishAmerican had scrambled out of his unexpected bath, and dripping with wet and fury he cried: Ill remember you for this 1 Ill spot you Youd better scuttle home, said Lord Debrett, and change your clothes, or youll catch cold. And having thus said, he took Ferrers arm and led A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. Ai him outside the crowd, where he was joined by an other gentleman in evening dress. I was right, said Lord Debrett.

    Let me introduce to you, Sir William, my old comrade, Ferrers of the Blues Ser geant Ferrers that was. Sir William bowed somewhat stiffly ; and Ferrers, being taken thus at unawares, returned the bow rather awkwardly. He felt he did not like Sir William, for no other reason, perhaps, than that he had made him to appear awkward. Sir William was middleaged, thinwhiskered, lean, and of the middle height. Come and let us have a talk, said Lord Debrett. Ferrers said nothing ; the presence of Sir William kept him from being quite easy and frank with his late captain. Were you going anywhere in particular asked Lord Debrett No, my lord, said Ferrers ; I was just hanging about. Well, Sir William and I were just walking down to the Gaiety for an hour ; we have to go somewhere else afterwards. Suppose, Dawlish, you go on to the theatre and come back and find me in the smok ingroom of the Club tt A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. That will suit me very well, said Sir William. And me, too, thought Ferrers; and he bowed adieu to Sir William Dawlish with the greatest good will, supposing he saw the last of him. But he had not done that by any means ; and thereby hangs our tale. The comradesinarms walked off together along Pall Mall.

    So he returned the way he had come, his hope of adventure sinking lower and lower the nearer he ap proached to Trafalgar Square. At last he was back in his former place, leaning over the parapet. It was now quite dark, as dark, that is, as it ever is on a hot, clearskied summer night The space below him around the fountains was inhabited by dark fig ures, moving, as it seemed, aimlessly about ; while the benches were almost completely filled with the unemployed, he thought Im one of the unemployed, he said to himself. Ill have a seat. He descended the steps, made room for himself on a bench, and lighted his pipe. He sat thus for a little while musing. He saw in imagination his old home in the Cumberland hills under the summer night the rich fields sloping down from the , ivyclad house, and the sheltering wood behind. In fancy he heard the bark of the watchdog bark answering unto bark all down and round the 1 8 A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. dale and the low of the kine returned to pasture from the evening milking ; he smelt, too, the sweet cool odour of the newmown hay, the rich evanescent scent of the roses in the farmgarden, and of the honey suckle in the hedges round ; and a lump rose in his throat, and he dered whether, after all, he had not better return, like the prodigal, to his father and take what place could be found for him. Suddenly he became aware of loud and angry voices not far off ; and looking up, he saw near one of the fountain basins a dark knot of people which was drag to itself more and more dark units from all sides. He rose and went over. As he approached, a shrill fe male voice rose in the air Police and continued in a key but little below the shrillest : Ill see if youll molest a woman going quietly about her busi ness you bad man you black, nefarious creature you Elbog his way into the centre of the crowd, he saw that the bad man on whom the womans rage was concentred was the blackmuzzled Irishman. He was declaring to the amused or indifferent by standers that the woman had done this and that, and had said this and that to him. Why dont you let the woman alone demanded A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. 19 Ferrers.

    There are lots can do that better than me. I havent tried for that. What have you tried for Ive tried for drag I know you can draw and paint firstclass. Well, Ive offered myself as a War Artist, anff 24 A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. shown some of my things. They liked them ; but there aint a war on, nor expected worse luck So they just took my name in case anything should turn up ; though they seemed to think I was too big, too noticeable, and would take too much to keep. Little nippers of men, I suppose, said Debrett, would do better for that. Ive offered myself, continued Ferrers, warming to his narrative, to teach the use of the sabre in a fencinggallery ; but it appears nobody wants to learn cavalry practice, and rapier practice I dont know. Humph grunted Debrett meditatively. Ive offeifed myself as a ridingmaster ; but they dered if they had any horse strong enough to carry me. And Ive answered advertisements for lots of other things, but without getting any reply. The fact is I seem to be too big for anything, except a door ornament with buttons for a swell shop or restaurant. The doose you are exclaimed Lord Debrett, meditatively twisting his moustache. I daresay now if I broke loose and spent till I could get no more to spend, and if I had to take up some occupa tion, theyd think me too big, by Jove I A SOLDIER AND A GENTLEMAN. 25 Oh, said Ferrers, youre a lord. For that, the bigger the better. Is that it So being called a lord has its ad vantages. I should think so rather, said Ferrers with a laugh. But go on, said Debrett. Tell me about yourself. You mean to go on trying to get some thing, I suppose I mean to go on trying; though, to tell the truth, I dont know what to try for next Do you think I can do anything for you If you find yourself short, you know, Ferrers Oh, Im all right,

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