When the lieutenant had taken his glass of sack and toast, he felt himself a little revived, and sent down into the kitchen, to let me know, that in about ten minutes he should be glad if I would step up stairs. ----I believe, said the landlord, he is going to say his prayers, ----for there was a book laid upon the chair by his bed-side, and as I shut the door, I saw his son take up a cushion.----

'When the lieutenant had taken his sherry and toast, he revived a little, and sent word to the kitchen that he should be glad if I would step upstairs in ten minutes.
'"I believe," said the landlord, "he is going to say his prayers - for there was a book by his bed-side, and as I shut the door, I saw his son take up a cushion."
