Excerpt from The Chatterbox Book of Soldiers and SailorsObey had -just come to live in London. The next day he went to school with Tom, who lived close by. After school Tom said, I say, Bobby, let's go around by the Mall. 50 on they went to Whitehall. And there, on either side of the archway leading to the Mall, stood what seemed to Bobby the very grandest looking men he had ever seen. They wore gorgeous uniforms, shining helmets, and jack boots. And their mus taches were almost as heavy as the plumes upon their helmets. Bobby gazed up at them in awe, while Torn told him all about them, - how they belonged to the Household Cavalry, whose spe cial duty it was to protect the king and the royal family. They arejfz the: finest regiment in the English army.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.