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St. Ives

CHAPTER XVI--THE HOME-COMING OF MR
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Gettin' old, the Viscount is.

He '_ave_ gone the pace, 'aven't 'e, sir ?' 'The fact is,' said I, 'that I know very little about him.

Our family has been much divided, and I have been a soldier from a child.' 'A soldier, Mr.Anne, sir ?' cried Rowley, with a sudden feverish animation.

'Was you ever wounded ?' It is contrary to my principles to discourage admiration for myself; and, slipping back the shoulder of the dressing-gown, I silently exhibited the scar which I had received in Edinburgh Castle.

He looked at it with awe.
'Ah, well!' he continued, 'there's where the difference comes in! It's in the training.


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