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           Hepreferredacontinentallife,hesaid,anddeclinedtojoininhousekeepingwithhissisterandherhusband.

           EmmywasverygladinherhearttothinkthatshehadwrittentoherhusbandbeforeshereadorknewofthatletterofGeorge’s."Iknewitallalong,"Williamsaid;"butcouldIusethatweaponagainstthepoorfellow’smemory?Itwasthatwhichmademesuffersowhenyou"

           "Neverspeakofthatdayagain,"Emmycriedout,socontriteandhumblethatWilliamturnedofftheconversationbyhisaccountofGlorvinaanddearoldPeggyO’Dowd,withwhomhewassittingwhentheletterofrecallreachedhim."Ifyouhadn’tsentforme,"headdedwithalaugh,"whoknowswhatGlorvina’snamemightbenow?"

           AtpresentitisGlorvinaPosky(nowMrs.MajorPosky);shetookhimonthedeathofhisfirstwife,havingresolvednevertomarryoutoftheregiment.LadyO’Dowdisalsosoattachedtoitthat,shesays,ifanythingweretohappentoMick,bedadshe’dcomebackandmarrysomeof’em.ButtheMajor-GeneralisquitewellandlivesingreatsplendouratO’Dowdstown,withapackofbeagles,and(withtheexceptionofperhapstheirneighbour,HoggartyofCastleHoggarty)heisthefirstmanofhiscounty.HerLadyshipstilldancesjigs,andinsistedonstandingupwiththeMasteroftheHorseattheLordLieutenant’slastball.

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