human
Is that the `Soldiers Friend?'
gpt
Ay, that's her, answered the man--and the speaker was Thomas Tufnell, the ex-trooper of the Queen's Bays, and the present manager of the Institute--
human
Ay, that's the `Soldier's Friend.'
gpt
Well, I might have guessed it, returned Simkin,
human
Yes, she has shook hands with a good many red-coats in her day, has the `Soldier's Friend,' returned the manager.
gpt
Why, I remember on one occasion when she was giving a lecture to soldiers, and so many men came forward to shake hands with her that, as she told me herself, her hand was stiff and swelled all night after it!
human
But it's not so much for what she has done for ourselves that we're grateful to her, remarked a corporal, who sat on Simkin's right,