`` hear , hear , '' prayle said , coming to his aid , jovially , `` it is not aviators only who have all the hard luck , but we fellows , too , who deserve our fair share of your sympathy ; and at least you may be sure they have all the latest news at any moment : you must know better than any of us , captain laurence , what is going forward on the continent now ; is bonaparte setting up for invasion again , now he has packed the russians off home ? ''