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An' when the war began, we chased the bold Afghan, / An' we made the bloomin' Ghazi for to flee, boys O! / An' we marched into Kabul, an' we tuk the Balar 'Issar / An' we taught 'em to respec' the British Soldier. / _Barrack Room Ballad._
Mulvaney, Ortheris and Learoyd are Privates in B Company of a Line Regiment, and personal friends of mine. Collectively I think, but am not certain, they are the worst men in the regiment so far as genial blackguardism goes.