text: " "Weel there's no great harm in that--_non nocet_ as a"-- "I told him the way and offered to escort them there; I offered to be of any use to them in my power for I knew every officer in garrison you know except our own regiment that only came in to-day; and just when I was going to offer my arm to the lovely creature at his side he said that they didn't need my guidance that they did not desire my society--that he could shoot at a popinjay; now what the devil _is_ a popinjay?" "I'm thinking jay is the English for some sort of a pyet--a tale-bearer as a body may say--a blab