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Forthwith nothing would suit my dear girl but we must post to Edinburgh to bid him farewell in a chariot, this time, with a box seat for her maid and Mr. Rowley. Early next morning we drove over to the city and drew up in the thick of the crowd gathered at the foot of the Castle Hill to see the 4-th march out.
And what might you be wanting of us this time?" "Madam," I answered, "that, I hope, is fairly evident." Ronald came forward. "I congratulate you, St. Ives, with all my heart. And you may congratulate me: I have my commission." "Nay, then," said I, "let me rather congratulate France that the war is over. Seriously, my dear fellow, I wish you joy. What's the regiment?" "The 4-th." "Chevenix's!"
At any rate I sat still and read the newspapers: and on the top of them came a letter from Ronald, announcing that the 4-th had their marching, or rather their sailing, orders, and that within a week his boat would rock by the pier of Leith to convey him and his comrades to join the Duke of Wellington's forces in the Low Countries.
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