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           "Thelittledevilisatheroldtricks,"hethought,andhesmiledasherecalledolddays,whenhehadwitnessedthedesperateflirtationwithJosandtheludicrousendofthatadventure.HeandGeorgehadoftenlaughedoveritsubsequently,anduntilafewweeksafterGeorge’smarriage,whenhealsowascaughtinthelittleCirce’stoils,andhadanunderstandingwithherwhichhiscomradecertainlysuspected,butpreferredtoignore.Williamwastoomuchhurtorashamedtoasktofathomthatdisgracefulmystery,althoughonce,andevidentlywithremorseonhismind,Georgehadalludedtoit.ItwasonthemorningofWaterloo,astheyoungmenstoodtogetherinfrontoftheirline,surveyingtheblackmassesofFrenchmenwhocrownedtheoppositeheights,andastherainwascomingdown,"Ihavebeenmixinginafoolishintriguewithawoman,"Georgesaid."Iamgladweweremarchedaway.IfIdrop,IhopeEmmywillneverknowofthatbusiness.IwishtoGodithadneverbeenbegun!"AndWilliamwaspleasedtothink,andhadmorethanoncesoothedpoorGeorge’swidowwiththenarrative,thatOsborne,afterquittinghiswife,andaftertheactionofQuatreBras,onthefirstday,spokegravelyandaffectionatelytohiscomradeofhisfatherandhiswife.Onthesefacts,too,WilliamhadinsistedverystronglyinhisconversationswiththeelderOsborne,andhadthusbeenthemeansofreconcilingtheoldgentlemantohisson’smemory,justatthecloseoftheelderman’slife.

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