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A Rescue and a Catastrophe

           Moss,theColonel,thenabachelor,hadbeenliberatedbythegenerosityofhisaunt;onthesecondmishap,littleBecky,withthegreatestspiritandkindness,hadborrowedasumofmoneyfromLordSouthdownandhadcoaxedherhusband’screditor(whowashershawl,velvet-gown,lacepocket-handkerchief,trinket,andgim-crackpurveyor,indeed)totakeaportionofthesumclaimedandRawdon’spromissorynotefortheremainder:soonboththeseoccasionsthecaptureandreleasehadbeenconductedwiththeutmostgallantryonallsides,andMossandtheColonelwerethereforeontheverybestofterms.

           "You’llfindyouroldbed,Colonel,andeverythingcomfortable,"thatgentlemansaid,"asImayhonestlysay.Youmaybeprettysureitskepaired,andbythebestofcompany,too.ItwasslepinthenightaforelastbytheHonorableCaptingFamish,oftheFiftiethDragoons,whoseMartookhimout,afterafortnight,jesttopunishhim,shesaid.But,Lawblessyou,Ipromiseyou,hepunishedmychampagne,andhadapartyereeverynightreglartip-topswells,downfromtheclubsandtheWestEndCaptingRagg,theHonorableDeuceace,wholivesintheTemple,andsomefellersasknowsagoodglassofwine,Iwarrantyou.I’vegotaDoctorofDiwinityupstairs,fivegentsinthecoffee-room,andMrs.Mosshasatably-dy-hotyathalf-pastfive,andalittlecardsormusicafterwards,whenweshallbemosthappytoseeyou."

           "I’llringwhenIwantanything,"saidRawdonandwentquietlytohisbedroom.

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