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Sunday After the Battle

           Breakfastwassolatethatday,inconsequenceofthedelayswhichhadoccurred,thatthechurch-bellsbegantoringwhilsttheyweresittingovertheirmeal;andLadyJanewastooill,shesaid,togotochurch,thoughherthoughtshadbeenentirelyastrayduringtheperiodoffamilydevotion.

           RawdonCrawleymeanwhilehurriedonfromGreatGauntStreet,andknockingatthegreatbronzeMedusa’sheadwhichstandsontheportalofGauntHouse,broughtoutthepurpleSilenusinaredandsilverwaistcoatwhoactsasporterofthatpalace.ThemanwasscaredalsobytheColonel’sdishevelledappearance,andbarredthewayasifafraidthattheotherwasgoingtoforceit.ButColonelCrawleyonlytookoutacardandenjoinedhimparticularlytosenditintoLordSteyne,andtomarktheaddresswrittenonit,andsaythatColonelCrawleywouldbealldayafteroneo’clockattheRegentClubinSt.James’sStreetnotathome.Thefatred-facedmanlookedafterhimwithastonishmentashestrodeaway;sodidthepeopleintheirSundayclotheswhowereoutsoearly;thecharity-boyswithshiningfaces,thegreengrocerlollingathisdoor,andthepublicanshuttinghisshuttersinthesunshine,againstservicecommenced.Thepeoplejokedatthecab-standabouthisappearance,ashetookacarriagethere,andtoldthedrivertodrivehimtoKnightsbridgeBarracks.

           Allthebellswerejanglingandtollingashereachedthatplace.

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