text:  Will you let me ask you one question ma'am?" "Certainly sir " replied the lady; "but oh do not delay!" "But I must delay though for who do you think can have breath enough both to speak and run? And now will you tell me ma'am what all this is about--why that young soldier and I were forced to quarrel--what you came down from London for and what you are going to do at the barracks?" "You will hear it all sir; you shall know all when we arrive