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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 guard 

 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 ^7. 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 



