"Ah good Patsy, I hope you have my quarters ready," asked Sir James.
"Yes, milord, they're in this direction, in the other wing milord," replied Patsy with a curt bow as Sir James walked past. "I'm afraid the only bath belongs to the Colonel, Sir James. I have an ewer and a bowl of hot water to bathe in," said Patsy.
"Good man, Patsy, just the thing I needed. Got to get the dust of the road off me," said Sir James. Then stopped suddenly as he remembered Alderman's head and his rolling in the road that morning. Just for a second, he thought he heard someone chanting york ...york ... york ... but immediately shook it off along with the vision of Alderman. "Yes, must get myself clean," Sir James said to himself, "must get clean."
Patsy helped Sir James off with his boots and his uniform. A
