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How to Live Well on Nothing a Year

           TheCommander-in-ChiefhearingofthedisputesentforColonelCrawley,whowasgettingreadythesamepistols"whichheshotCaptainMarker,"andhadsuchaconversationwithhimthatnodueltookplace.IfRebeccahadnotgoneonherkneestoGeneralTufto,CrawleywouldhavebeensentbacktoEngland;andhedidnotplay,exceptwithcivilians,forsomeweeksafter.

           But,inspiteofRawdon’sundoubtedskillandconstantsuccesses,itbecameevidenttoRebecca,consideringthesethings,thattheirpositionwasbutaprecariousone,andthat,evenalthoughtheypaidscarcelyanybody,theirlittlecapitalwouldendonedaybydwindlingintozero."Gambling,"shewouldsay,"dear,isgoodtohelpyourincome,butnotasanincomeitself.Somedaypeoplemaybetiredofplay,andthenwherearewe?"Rawdonacquiescedinthejusticeofheropinion;andintruthhehadremarkedthatafterafewnightsofhislittlesuppers,&c.,gentlemenweretiredofplaywithhim,and,inspiteofRebecca’scharms,didnotpresentthemselvesveryeagerly.

           EasyandpleasantastheirlifeatPariswas,itwasafterallonlyanidledallianceandamiabletrifling;andRebeccasawthatshemustpushRawdon’sfortuneintheirowncountry.Shemustgethimaplaceorappointmentathomeorinthecolonies,andshedeterminedtomakeamoveuponEnglandassoonasthewaycouldbeclearedforher.AsafirststepshehadmadeCrawleyselloutoftheGuardsandgoonhalf-pay.Hisfunctionasaide-de-camptoGeneralTuftohadceasedpreviously.

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