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Sunday After the Battle

           HemighthaveseenhisoldacquaintanceAmeliaonherwayfromBromptontoRussellSquare,hadhebeenlookingout.Troopsofschoolswereontheirmarchtochurch,theshinypavementandoutsidesofcoachesinthesuburbswerethrongedwithpeopleoutupontheirSundaypleasure;buttheColonelwasmuchtoobusytotakeanyheedofthesephenomena,and,arrivingatKnightsbridge,speedilymadehiswayuptotheroomofhisoldfriendandcomradeCaptainMacmurdo,whoCrawleyfound,tohissatisfaction,wasinbarracks.

           CaptainMacmurdo,aveteranofficerandWaterlooman,greatlylikedbyhisregiment,inwhichwantofmoneyalonepreventedhimfromattainingthehighestranks,wasenjoyingtheforenooncalmlyinbed.Hehadbeenatafastsupper-party,giventhenightbeforebyCaptaintheHonourableGeorgeCinqbars,athishouseinBromptonSquare,toseveralyoungmenoftheregiment,andanumberofladiesofthecorpsdeballet,andoldMac,whowasathomewithpeopleofallagesandranks,andconsortedwithgenerals,dog-fanciers,opera-dancers,bruisers,andeverykindofperson,inaword,wasrestinghimselfafterthenight’slabours,and,notbeingonduty,wasinbed.

           Hisroomwashungroundwithboxing,sporting,anddancingpictures,presentedtohimbycomradesastheyretiredfromtheregiment,andmarriedandsettledintoquietlife.Andashewasnownearlyfiftyyearsofage,twenty-fourofwhichhehadpassedinthecorps,hehadasingularmuseum.

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