The clergyman at my left was an old acquaintance of mine clergyman now, but had spent the first half of his life in the camp and field and as an instructor in the military school at Woolwich.

• 坐在我左边的牧师是我的老相识。 他现在是牧师，可前半辈子却是在戎马生涯中度过的，而且还当过伍立奇军事学校的教官。