human
There's Aldershot, and the Long Valley, and that Cocked Hat Wood. British generals would beat creation if they might only let their left rest on Cocked Hat Wood.
gpt
Are you going by the _Serapis_?
human
Yes, replied Crawley. And then learning that he was bound for India the other inquired the presidency and the station, and it so happened that he had left that district only the year before, and was now settled in Hampshire, having been superannuated, at which he grumbled much, and indeed he was a hale young-looking man to be laid on the shelf. And so the time sped rapidly till they reached Portsmouth harbour, where a conspicuous white vessel, which was pointed out to Crawley as the _Serapis_, lay moored to a quay. Then he superintended the loading of his luggage in a cart, and, taking a cab, accompanied it through the dock-yard gates to a shed, where he saw it deposited as per regulation. Then he went to the
gpt
George, where he had secured a bed, and on entering the coffee-room heard his name uttered in a tone of pleased surprise:
human
Crawley!
gpt
What, Buller! How are you, old fellow?
human
All right. Are you going out in the _Serapis_?
gpt
Yes; and you?
human
Yes.
gpt
That is jolly. What regiment are you in?
human
First Battalion Blankshire. Do you know I got into Sandhurst direct the first time I went up!
gpt
Of course you did; you would be sure to do anything you really meant; I always said so. I must go and report myself now and see about my detachment, for there are some men going out with me; but we shall meet at dinner.