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Sunday After the Battle

           Andduringtheman’sabsence,andwithgreatlabourandaJohnson’sDictionary,whichstoodtheminmuchstead,Rawdonandhissecondcomposedaletter,whichthelatterwastosendtoLordSteyne.CaptainMacmurdohadthehonourofwaitingupontheMarquisofSteyne,onthepartofColonelRawdonCrawley,andbeggedtointimatethathewasempoweredbytheColoneltomakeanyarrangementsforthemeetingwhich,hehadnodoubt,itwashisLordship’sintentiontodemand,andwhichthecircumstancesofthemorninghadrenderedinevitable.CaptainMacmurdobeggedLordSteyne,inthemostpolitemanner,toappointafriend,withwhomhe(CaptainM.M.)mightcommunicate,anddesiredthatthemeetingmighttakeplacewithaslittledelayaspossible.

           InapostscripttheCaptainstatedthathehadinhispossessionabank-noteforalargeamount,whichColonelCrawleyhadreasontosupposewasthepropertyoftheMarquisofSteyne.Andhewasanxious,ontheColonel’sbehalf,togiveupthenotetoitsowner.

           Bythetimethisnotewascomposed,theCaptain’sservantreturnedfromhismissiontoColonelCrawley’shouseinCurzonStreet,butwithoutthecarpet-bagandportmanteau,forwhichhehadbeensent,andwithaverypuzzledandoddface.

           "Theywon’tgive’emup,"saidtheman;"there’saregularshintyinthehouse,andeverythingatsixesandsevens.Thelandlord’scomeinandtookpossession.Theservantswasadrinkin’upinthedrawingroom.

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