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In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment

           

           "OtherwisecalledPeggy,ladyofMajorMichaelO’Dowd,ofourregiment,anddaughterofFitzjurldBer’sforddeBurgoMalonyofGlenmalony,CountyKildare."

           "AndMuryanSqueer,Doblin,"saidtheladywithcalmsuperiority.

           "AndMuryanSquare,sureenough,"theMajorwhispered.

           "’Twasthereyecoortedme,Meejordear,"theladysaid;andtheMajorassentedtothisastoeveryotherpropositionwhichwasmadegenerallyincompany.

           MajorO’Dowd,whohadservedhissovereignineveryquarteroftheworld,andhadpaidforeverystepinhisprofessionbysomemorethanequivalentactofdaringandgallantry,wasthemostmodest,silent,sheep-facedandmeekoflittlemen,andasobedienttohiswifeasifhehadbeenhertay-boy.Atthemess-tablehesatsilently,anddrankagreatdeal.Whenfullofliquor,hereeledsilentlyhome.Whenhespoke,itwastoagreewitheverybodyoneveryconceivablepoint;andhepassedthroughlifeinperfecteaseandgood-humour.ThehottestsunsofIndianeverheatedhistemper;andtheWalcherenaguenevershookit.Hewalkeduptoabatterywithjustasmuchindifferenceastoadinner-table;haddinedonhorse-fleshandturtlewithequalrelishandappetite;andhadanoldmother,Mrs.O’DowdofO’Dowdstownindeed,whomhehadneverdisobeyedbutwhenheranawayandenlisted,andwhenhepersistedinmarryingthatodiousPeggyMalony.

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