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“The Girl I Left Behind Me”

           "Iwillgoandgetthedraftcashed,"shesaid,"andpayavisitafterwardstopoorlittleEmmy."Ifthisisanovelwithoutahero,atleastletuslayclaimtoaheroine.NomanintheBritisharmywhichhasmarchedaway,notthegreatDukehimself,couldbemorecoolorcollectedinthepresenceofdoubtsanddifficulties,thantheindomitablelittleaide-de-camp’swife.

           Andtherewasanotherofouracquaintanceswhowasalsotobeleftbehind,anon-combatant,andwhoseemotionsandbehaviourwehavethereforearighttoknow.Thiswasourfriendtheex-collectorofBoggleyWollah,whoserestwasbroken,likeotherpeople’s,bythesoundingofthebuglesintheearlymorning.Beingagreatsleeper,andfondofhisbed,itispossiblehewouldhavesnoozedonuntilhisusualhourofrisingintheforenoon,inspiteofallthedrums,bugles,andbagpipesintheBritisharmy,butforaninterruption,whichdidnotcomefromGeorgeOsborne,whosharedJos’squarterswithhim,andwasasusualoccupiedtoomuchwithhisownaffairsorwithgriefatpartingwithhiswife,tothinkoftakingleaveofhisslumberingbrother-in-lawitwasnotGeorge,wesay,whointerposedbetweenJosSedleyandsleep,butCaptainDobbin,whocameandrousedhimup,insistingonshakinghandswithhimbeforehisdeparture.

           "Verykindofyou,"saidJos,yawning,andwishingtheCaptainatthedeuce.

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