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Sunday After the Battle

           "Hehadthoughttohimself,itwouldbeafinerevengetowrapaballinthenoteandkillSteynewithit.

           Afterthiscolloquythebrothersoncemoreshookhandsandparted.LadyJanehadheardoftheColonel’sarrival,andwaswaitingforherhusbandintheadjoiningdining-room,withfemaleinstinct,auguringevil.Thedoorofthedining-roomhappenedtobeleftopen,andtheladyofcoursewasissuingfromitasthetwobrotherspassedoutofthestudy.SheheldoutherhandtoRawdonandsaidshewasgladhewascometobreakfast,thoughshecouldperceive,byhishaggardunshornfaceandthedarklooksofherhusband,thattherewasverylittlequestionofbreakfastbetweenthem.Rawdonmutteredsomeexcusesaboutanengagement,squeezinghardthetimidlittlehandwhichhissister-in-lawreachedouttohim.Herimploringeyescouldreadnothingbutcalamityinhisface,buthewentawaywithoutanotherword.NordidSirPittvouchsafeheranyexplanation.Thechildrencameuptosalutehim,andhekissedtheminhisusualfrigidmanner.Themothertookbothofthemclosetoherself,andheldahandofeachofthemastheykneltdowntoprayers,whichSirPittreadtothem,andtotheservantsintheirSundaysuitsorliveries,rangeduponchairsontheothersideofthehissingtea-urn.

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