They are the best fellows in the world.” “Really? It was reported in London that Wellington had called them the scum of the earth.” Briscall laughed as if being the scum of the earth were a very minor sort of indiscretion and indeed a large part of the Army’s charm. This was, thought Strange, an odd position for a clergyman to take. “Which are they?” he asked. “They are both, Mr Strange. They are both.
