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fact is that my hair always has been, and what is left still is, as straight as an Indian's, and my eyebrows are very moderate and smooth.
Some writer, who certainly never put himself in a position to see me during the war, has described my dress as being habitually like that of a stage-driver.
All tailors who have ever worked for me up to the present time will testify to the fact that I have always been one of the most particular men about the cut and fit of my clothes among their customers.
During the war I was almost constantly in the camp or field, except when wounded, and I had no time to get new clothes if I had been able.
My tastes would always have induced me to dress neatly and genteelly if I could have indulged them.
So much for my life previous to the war. Henceforth it will be developed in my narrative.
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