riding-officer's

Updated: May 6, 2025

But we had all learnt confidence in him by this time his increasing bodily weakness never seemed to affect his cleverness and resource and no doubt occurred to me that he would contrive to checkmate this new move of the riding-officer's. Nevertheless, and partly I dare say out of curiosity, to have a good look at the soldiers, I slipped on my clothes and hurried downstairs and across the garden.

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts