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How to Live Well on Nothing a Year

           Shespokeaboutherhusband’spassionfordicewiththedeepestgrief;shebewailedittoeverybodywhocametoherhouse.Shebesoughttheyoungfellowsnever,nevertotouchabox;andwhenyoungGreen,oftheRifles,lostaveryconsiderablesumofmoney,Rebeccapassedawholenightintears,astheservanttoldtheunfortunateyounggentleman,andactuallywentonherkneestoherhusbandtobeseechhimtoremitthedebt,andburntheacknowledgement.Howcouldhe?HehadlostjustasmuchhimselftoBlackstoneoftheHussars,andCountPunteroftheHanoverianCavalry.Greenmighthaveanydecenttime;butpay?—ofcoursehemustpay;totalkofburningIOU’swaschild’splay.

           Otherofficers,chieflyyoung—fortheyoungfellowsgatheredroundMrs.Crawley—camefromherpartieswithlongfaces,havingdroppedmoreorlessmoneyatherfatalcard-tables.Herhousebegantohaveanunfortunatereputation.Theoldhandswarnedthelessexperiencedoftheirdanger.ColonelO’Dowd,ofthe—thregiment,oneofthoseoccupyinginParis,warnedLieutenantSpooneyofthatcorps.AloudandviolentfracastookplacebetweentheinfantryColonelandhislady,whowerediningattheCafedeParis,andColonelandMrs.Crawley;whowerealsotakingtheirmealthere.Theladiesengagedonbothsides.Mrs.O’DowdsnappedherfingersinMrs.Crawley’sfaceandcalledherhusband"nobettherthanablack-leg."ColonelCrawleychallengedColonelO’Dowd,C.B.

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