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Its Walls Were As Of Jasper
Thecasewasdifferent,however,whenthepress-gangwasabroad,whenprayersandexcuseswerealikedisregarded,andwewereforcedintotheservice,likenativeleviesimpelledtowardthefoelessbytheinherentrighteousnessofthecausethanbytheindisputableriflesoftheirwhiteallies.Thiswasunpardonableandaltogetherdetestable.Still,thethinghappened,nowandagain;andwhenitdid,therewasnoarguingaboutit.Theorderwasforthefront,andwejusthadtoshutupandmarch.
Selina,tobesure,hadasneakingfondnessfordressingupandpayingcalls,thoughshepretendedtodislikeit,justtokeeponthesoftsideofpublicopinion.SoIthoughtitextremelymeaninhertohavetheearacheonthatparticularafternoonwhenAuntElizaorderedthepony-carriageandwentonthewar-path.Iwasorderedalso,inthesamebreathasthepony-carriage;and,asweeventuallytrundledoff,itseemedtomethattheutterwasteofthatafternoon,forwhichIhadplannedsomuch,couldneverbemadeupnoratonedforinallthetremendousstretchofyearsthatstilllaybeforeme.
