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The conversation took a military turn and Delme could not help observing the attention with which the younger members of the corps heard the anecdotes related by those who had been actually engaged Occasionally the superior reading of the juniors would peep out and give them the advantage of knowledge even with regard to circumstances over those who had been personal actors in the affairs they spoke of The most zealous of these detail narrators were the quartermaster of the regiment and Delmes righthand neighbour Major Clifford The former owed his appointment to his gallantry in saving the colours of his regiment when the ensign who bore them was ed and the enemys cavalry were making a sudden charge before the regiment could form its square His was a bluff purple face denoting the bon vivant Indeed it was with uncommon celerity that his previous reputation of being the best maker of rum punch in the serjeants mess had changed into his present one of being the first concoctor of sangaree at the officers Major Clifford merits more especial notice He was a man ly appreciated in his own profession out of it he was misrepresented and voted a bore He had spent all the years of his life since the down mantled his upper lip in the service of his country and foritsgood as he conceived it he had sacrificed all his little fortune It is true his liberality had not had a very comprehensive range he had sunk his in the improvement of the personal appearance of his companyin purchasing pomponsor new feathersor whistles when he was a voltigeurin establishing his serjeants mess on a more respectable footingin giving his poor comrade a better coffin or a richer pallthese had been his foibles and in indulging them he had expended the wealth that might have purchased him on to rank and honours His eagle glance his aquiline nose and noble person showed what he must have been in youth His hair was now silvered but his coat was as glossy as formerlyhis zeal was unabatedhis pride in his profession the sameand what he could spare still went to adorn the persons of the soldiers he still loved He remained a captain although his long standing in the army had brought him in for the last brevet It is true every one had a word for poor Clifford Such a fine fellow what a shame Butthisdid not help him on At the Horse Guards too his services were ly acknowledged The Military Secretary had always a smile for him at his levee and an assurance that he had his eye on him The Commander in Chief too the last time he had inspected the regiment attracted by his Waterloo badge and Portuguese cross had stopped as he passed in front of the ranks and conversed with him most affably for nearly two minutes and a half as his colour serjeant with some degree of pride used to tell the story But yet somehow or other although Major Clifford was an universal favourite they always forgot to reward him A man of the world would have deemed the Majors ideas to be rather contracted and to confess the truth there were two halcyon periods of his life to which he was fond of recurring The one was when he commanded a light company attached to General Craufords light brigadethe other when he had the temporary command of the regimental depot and at his own expense had dressed out its little band as it had never been dressed out before | ||
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