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In Which Jos Takes Flight, and the War Is Brought to a Close

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           "Dn!"yelledoutJos,wildwithfear,rage,andmortification;andIsidorcameinatthisjuncture,swearinginhisturn."Pasdechevaux,sacrebleu!"hissedoutthefuriousdomestic.Allthehorsesweregone.JoswasnottheonlymaninBrusselsseizedwithpanicthatday.

           ButJos’sfears,greatandcruelastheywerealready,weredestinedtoincreasetoanalmostfranticpitchbeforethenightwasover.IthasbeenmentionedhowPauline,thebonne,hadsonhommeaellealsointheranksofthearmythathadgoneouttomeettheEmperorNapoleon.ThisloverwasanativeofBrussels,andaBelgianhussar.Thetroopsofhisnationsignalisedthemselvesinthiswarforanythingbutcourage,andyoungVanCutsum,Pauline’sadmirer,wastoogoodasoldiertodisobeyhisColonel’sorderstorunaway.WhilstingarrisonatBrusselsyoungRegulus(hehadbeenbornintherevolutionarytimes)foundhisgreatcomfort,andpassedalmostallhisleisuremoments,inPauline’skitchen;anditwaswithpocketsandholsterscrammedfullofgoodthingsfromherlarder,thathehadtakeleaveofhisweepingsweetheart,toproceeduponthecampaignafewdaysbefore.

           Asfarashisregimentwasconcerned,thiscampaignwasovernow.TheyhadformedapartofthedivisionunderthecommandofhisSovereignapparent,thePrinceofOrange,andasrespectedlengthofswordsandmustachios,andtherichnessofuniformandequipments,Regulusandhiscomradeslookedtobeasgallantabodyofmenasevertrumpetsoundedfor.

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