counterorder

The enfeebled Berbers were at the beck and call of bad women and ambitious priests, and they would counterorder one day what they had commanded the day before.

“The order and counterorder are very destructive,” said Abukar Hassan Kadaf, the director of Somaliweyn radio, one of the broadcasters that could be affected.

That Ney should have sent this furious counterorder, therefore, to Erlon, telling him to come back instantly, in spite of Napoleon’s first note, though it was a grievous error, is one perfectly explicable, and parallel to many other similar incidents that diversify the history of war.

A chasseur had been dispatched with the counterorder, who passed the exulting, but deluded G—— on the road.

Lady Annabel was almost afraid to counterorder the usual meals, lest Venetia should comprehend her secret terror; the very same sentiment influenced Venetia.