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The youth looked somewhat inclined to be angry at this mode of hinting that he was still rather juvenile but the major went on. "And you were engaged, six months ago, to the beauty you used to tell me so much about, Miss Hope of Oakside." "Yes yes well?" replied the youth. "And what for have ye broke off in such a sudden manner? unde rixa? as a body may say." "I broke off, Major M'Toddy?
"I'm acquainted with three-and-twenty, sir. What then?" "I was in hopes, that the recollection of Oakside would have induced you to treat her name with more respect." Chatterton's brow grew dark with rage. "So, then," he said, lifting his hat with even more pride and coldness than his adversary "so, then, you're the Captain Smith I have heard of, and it was no false report?
If you were really engaged to her, why didn't you go to Oakside at once and find out the truth, and then go instantaneously and kick the fellow you met on the top of the coach, round and round the barrack yard, till there was not enough of him left to plant your boot on?" The young man looked down as if a little ashamed of himself.
He was on a visit at Oakside, my sister's home, and I took the opportunity of his absence, to run down and explain matters to Charles. I must return to town immediately; for if I am missed, my husband will make enquiries, and he will be more difficult to pacify than my brother." So saying, they parted after a warm shake of the hand but great events had occurred in the meantime in the barrack-yard.
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