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In Which Jos Takes Flight, and the War Is Brought to a Close

           Woebetothosewhomhefoundthere!Addresseswereprepared,publicfunctionariesassembledanddebatedsecretly,apartmentsweregotready,andtricolouredbannersandtriumphalemblemsmanufactured,towelcomethearrivalofHisMajestytheEmperorandKing.

           Theemigrationstillcontinued,andwhereverfamiliescouldfindmeansofdeparture,theyfled.WhenJos,ontheafternoonofthe17thofJune,wenttoRebecca’shotel,hefoundthatthegreatBareacres’carriagehadatlengthrolledawayfromtheporte-cochere.TheEarlhadprocuredapairofhorsessomehow,inspiteofMrs.Crawley,andwasrollingontheroadtoGhent.LouistheDesiredwasgettingreadyhisportmanteauinthatcity,too.ItseemedasifMisfortunewasnevertiredofworryingintomotionthatunwieldyexile.

           Josfeltthatthedelayofyesterdayhadbeenonlyarespite,andthathisdearlyboughthorsesmustofasuretybeputintorequisition.Hisagonieswereverysevereallthisday.AslongastherewasanEnglisharmybetweenBrusselsandNapoleon,therewasnoneedofimmediateflight;buthehadhishorsesbroughtfromtheirdistantstables,tothestablesinthecourt-yardofthehotelwherehelived;sothattheymightbeunderhisowneyes,andbeyondtheriskofviolentabduction.Isidorwatchedthestable-doorconstantly,andhadthehorsessaddled,tobereadyforthestart.Helongedintenselyforthatevent.

           Afterthereceptionofthepreviousday,RebeccadidnotcaretocomenearherdearAmelia.

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