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In Which Miss Crawley’s Relations Are Very Anxious About Her

           IntheboxwereapairofFrenchepaulets,aCrossoftheLegionofHonour,andthehiltofaswordrelicsfromthefieldofbattle:andtheletterdescribedwithagooddealofhumourhowthelatterbelongedtoacommandingofficeroftheGuard,whohavingswornthat"theGuarddied,butneversurrendered,"wastakenprisonerthenextminutebyaprivatesoldier,whobroketheFrenchman’sswordwiththebuttofhismusket,whenRawdonmadehimselfmasteroftheshatteredweapon.Asforthecrossandepaulets,theycamefromaColonelofFrenchcavalry,whohadfallenundertheaide-de-camp’sarminthebattle:andRawdonCrawleydidnotknowwhatbettertodowiththespoilsthantosendthemtohiskindestandmostaffectionateoldfriend.ShouldhecontinuetowritetoherfromParis,whitherthearmywasmarching?Hemightbeabletogiveherinterestingnewsfromthatcapital,andofsomeofMissCrawley’soldfriendsoftheemigration,towhomshehadshownsomuchkindnessduringtheirdistress.

           ThespinstercausedBriggstowritebacktotheColonelagraciousandcomplimentaryletter,encouraginghimtocontinuehiscorrespondence.Hisfirstletterwassoexcessivelylivelyandamusingthatsheshouldlookwithpleasureforitssuccessors.

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