VIII THE SCOUT-START. BB AND LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ALISON

 (saluting).  “Good! handsomely done!  The Seventh couldn’t beat it!  You do certainly handle your Rangers¹ like an expert, General.  And where are you bound?”

 

“Four miles on the trail to Fort Clayton.”

 

“Glad am I, dear!  What’s the idea of it?”

 

“Guard of honor for you and Thorndike.”

 

“Bless—your—heart!  I’d rather have it from you than from the Commander-in-Chief of the armies of the United States, you incomparable little soldier!—and I don’t need to take any oath to that, for you to believe it.”

 

“I thought you’d like it, BB.”

 

“Like it?  Well, I should say so!  Now then—all ready—sound the advance, and away we go!”

1 rangers   

护林者( ranger的名词复数 )； 突击队员

参考例句：

• Do you know where the Rangers Stadium is? 你知道Rangers体育场在哪吗？ 来自超越目标英语 第3册
• Now I'm a Rangers' fan, so I like to be near the stadium. 现在我是Rangers的爱好者，所以我想离体育场近一点。 来自超越目标英语 第3册