He knew that I had guessed his arrière-pensée, but he let me off for the moment, for which I was thankful; either because he was still ashamed of it, or because he supposed I was reserving myself for the catastrophe,—should it occur.

Death and eternity ben't so familiar to them at such times; {they are} very much unacquainted with them

When I am in my isness, thoroughly purged of all intellectual sediments, I have my freedom in its primary sense.

keep the defense on the move and force them to detrench, defending stack at a time, to ensure a quick success for the TOP-UP infantry attack.