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“The Girl I Left Behind Me”

           

           Mrs.O’Dowd,thegoodhousewife,arrayedincurlpapersandacamisole,feltthatherdutywastoact,andnottosleep,atthisjuncture."Timeenoughforthat,"shesaid,"whenMick’sgone";andsoshepackedhistravellingvalisereadyforthemarch,brushedhiscloak,hiscap,andotherwarlikehabiliments,setthemoutinorderforhim;andstowedawayinthecloakpocketsalightpackageofportablerefreshments,andawicker-coveredflaskorpocket-pistol,containingnearapintofaremarkablysoundCognacbrandy,ofwhichsheandtheMajorapprovedverymuch;andassoonasthehandsofthe"repayther"pointedtohalf-pastone,anditsinteriorarrangements(ithadatonequiteequaltoacathaydral,itsfairownerconsidered)knelledforththatfatalhour,Mrs.O’DowdwokeupherMajor,andhadascomfortableacupofcoffeepreparedforhimasanymadethatmorninginBrussels.Andwhoistherewilldenythatthisworthylady’spreparationsbetokenedaffectionasmuchasthefitsoftearsandhystericsbywhichmoresensitivefemalesexhibitedtheirlove,andthattheirpartakingofthiscoffee,whichtheydranktogetherwhilethebuglesweresoundingtheturn-outandthedrumsbeatinginthevariousquartersofthetown,wasnotmoreusefulandtothepurposethantheoutpouringofanymeresentimentcouldbe?Theconsequencewas,thattheMajorappearedonparadequitetrim,fresh,andalert,hiswell-shavedrosycountenance,ashesateonhorseback,givingcheerfulnessandconfidencetothewholecorps.

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