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More Old Soldiers Than One

           BythecloisterlyTemple,andbyWhitefriars(there,notwithoutaglanceatHanging-SwordAlley,whichwouldseemtobesomethinginhisway),andbyBlackfriarsBridge,andBlackfriarsRoad,Mr.GeorgesedatelymarchestoastreetoflittleshopslyingsomewhereinthatganglionofroadsfromKentandSurrey,andofstreetsfromthebridgesofLondon,centringinthefar-famedelephantwhohaslosthiscastleformedofathousandfour-horsecoachestoastrongerironmonsterthanhe,readytochophimintomince-meatanydayhedares.Tooneofthelittleshopsinthisstreet,whichisamusician’sshop,havingafewfiddlesinthewindow,andsomePan’spipesandatambourine,andatriangle,andcertainelongatedscrapsofmusic,Mr.Georgedirectshismassivetread.Andhaltingatafewpacesfromit,asheseesasoldierlylookingwoman,withherouterskirtstuckedup,comeforthwithasmallwoodentub,andinthattubcommencea-whiskinganda-splashingonthemarginofthepavement,Mr.Georgesaystohimself,"She’sasusual,washinggreens.Ineversawher,exceptuponabaggage-waggon,whenshewasn’twashinggreens!"ThesubjectofthisreflectionisatalleventssooccupiedinwashinggreensatpresentthatsheremainsunsuspiciousofMr.George’sapproachuntil,liftingupherselfandhertubtogetherwhenshehaspouredthewateroffintothegutter,shefindshimstandingnearher.Herreceptionofhimisnotflattering.

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