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Rebecca Is in Presence of the Enemy

           

           BoggleyWollahissituatedinafine,lonely,marshy,junglydistrict,famousforsnipe-shooting,andwherenotunfrequentlyyoumayflushatiger.Ramgunge,wherethereisamagistrate,isonlyfortymilesoff,andthereisacavalrystationaboutthirtymilesfarther;soJosephwrotehometohisparents,whenhetookpossessionofhiscollectorship.Hehadlivedforabouteightyearsofhislife,quitealone,atthischarmingplace,scarcelyseeingaChristianfaceexcepttwiceayear,whenthedetachmentarrivedtocarryofftherevenueswhichhehadcollected,toCalcutta.

           Luckily,atthistimehecaughtalivercomplaint,forthecureofwhichhereturnedtoEurope,andwhichwasthesourceofgreatcomfortandamusementtohiminhisnativecountry.HedidnotlivewithhisfamilywhileinLondon,buthadlodgingsofhisown,likeagayyoungbachelor.BeforehewenttoIndiahewastooyoungtopartakeofthedelightfulpleasuresofamanabouttown,andplungedintothemonhisreturnwithconsiderableassiduity.HedrovehishorsesinthePark;hedinedatthefashionabletaverns(fortheOrientalClubwasnotasyetinvented);hefrequentedthetheatres,asthemodewasinthosedays,ormadehisappearanceattheopera,laboriouslyattiredintightsandacockedhat.

           OnreturningtoIndia,andeverafter,heusedtotalkofthepleasureofthisperiodofhisexistencewithgreatenthusiasm,andgiveyoutounderstandthatheandBrummelweretheleadingbucksoftheday.

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