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Loughborough then rode it himself, and said he was 

 ashamed that the General should have been mounted 

 on such an ill-mannered quad ! ! 



One day when I was orderly officer I turned out 

 and inspected the guard without having my sword on. 

 In the afternoon it was raining hard when the o"uard 

 mounted, and I was proceeding to inspect it with a 

 mackintosh on, when the office window was hurled 

 up, and a stern voice said : " Don't go and get into 

 another scrape ; I saw you inspect the guard without 

 your sword," and turning to Colonel Campbell said : 

 "Is that the way you allow the duty to be done ? " 



Hope Grant was junior Captain when I joined. 

 He was the truest and kindest of friends, and a most 

 agreeable and cheery companion. He was a dear 

 friend of mine all his life. A first-rate horseman, 

 with good hands and undeniable nerve — no matter 

 what country or what horse — he was sure to be in 

 the front rank. His horses, although always well 

 bred, were not always quite first class. I remember 

 his buying at Laing's Bazaar in the Lothian Road, 

 Edinburgh (now the site of the Caledonian Railway 

 Station), a grey half-bred Arab mare, which had 

 been bred at Dalkeith, for £"]. A few days after- 

 wards he appeared on it out hunting, and went as 

 well as other people. His hack was a wall-eyed 

 Highland pony which had cost ^5, the value of the 

 whole establishment being thus £12. He was also 

 a keen golfer, and a most enthusiastic and accom- 

 plished musician. In the evening he would play 

 for hours on the violoncello. At that time Signor 



