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           RawdonCrawley’snamewasnevermentionedbyeitherfamily.Therewerereasonswhyallshouldbesilentregardingher.ForwhereverMr.JosephSedleywent,shetravelledlikewise,andthatinfatuatedmanseemedtobeentirelyherslave.TheColonel’slawyersinformedhimthathisbrother-in-lawhadeffectedaheavyinsuranceuponhislife,whenceitwasprobablethathehadbeenraisingmoneytodischargedebts.HeprocuredprolongedleaveofabsencefromtheEastIndiaHouse,andindeed,hisinfirmitiesweredailyincreasing.

           Onhearingthenewsabouttheinsurance,Amelia,inagooddealofalarm,entreatedherhusbandtogotoBrussels,whereJosthenwas,andinquireintothestateofhisaffairs.TheColonelquittedhomewithreluctance(forhewasdeeplyimmersedinhisHistoryofthePunjaubwhichstilloccupieshim,andmuchalarmedabouthislittledaughter,whomheidolizes,andwhowasjustrecoveringfromthechicken-pox)andwenttoBrusselsandfoundJoslivingatoneoftheenormoushotelsinthatcity.Mrs.Crawley,whohadhercarriage,gaveentertainments,andlivedinaverygenteelmanner,occupiedanothersuiteofapartmentsinthesamehotel.

           TheColonel,ofcourse,didnotdesiretoseethatlady,oreventhinkpropertonotifyhisarrivalatBrussels,exceptprivatelytoJosbyamessagethroughhisvalet.JosbeggedtheColoneltocomeandseehimthatnight,whenMrs.Crawleywouldbeatasoiree,andwhentheycouldmeetalone.

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