...orgeous in a new frockcoat). Colonel, said he, General Humphreys desires that you will come and help entertain some ladies! I held up my pasty hands in horror, and said, What! Ladies! quoth Cavada with a grin; a surprise party on horseback, thirteen ladies and about thirty officers. There was no moyen; I washed my hands, put on the double-breaster, added a cravat, and proceeded, with a swee...