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Widow and Mother

           AnditwasatthisdeclivitywhenateveningthewholeEnglishlinereceivedtheordertoadvance,astheenemyfellbackafterhislastcharge,thattheCaptain,hurrayingandrushingdownthehillwavinghissword,receivedashotandfelldead."ItwasMajorDobbinwhotookbacktheCaptain’sbodytoBrussels,"theSergeantsaid,inalowvoice,"andhadhimburied,asyourhonourknows."Thepeasantsandrelic-huntersabouttheplacewerescreamingroundthepair,asthesoldiertoldhisstory,offeringforsaleallsortsofmementoesofthefight,crosses,andepaulets,andshatteredcuirasses,andeagles.

           OsbornegaveasumptuousrewardtotheSergeantwhenhepartedwithhim,afterhavingvisitedthescenesofhisson’slastexploits.Hisburial-placehehadalreadyseen.Indeed,hehaddriventhitherimmediatelyafterhisarrivalatBrussels.George’sbodylayintheprettyburial-groundofLaeken,nearthecity;inwhichplace,havingoncevisiteditonapartyofpleasure,hehadlightlyexpressedawishtohavehisgravemade.Andtheretheyoungofficerwaslaidbyhisfriend,intheunconsecratedcornerofthegarden,separatedbyalittlehedgefromthetemplesandtowersandplantationsofflowersandshrubs,underwhichtheRomanCatholicdeadrepose.ItseemedahumiliationtooldOsbornetothinkthathisson,anEnglishgentleman,acaptaininthefamousBritisharmy,shouldnotbefoundworthytolieingroundwheremereforeignerswereburied.

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