In Which Amelia Invades the Low Countries

           TheregimentwithitsofficerswastobetransportedinshipsprovidedbyHisMajesty’sgovernmentfortheoccasion:andintwodaysafterthefestiveassemblyatMrs.O’Dowd’sapartments,inthemidstofcheeringfromalltheEastIndiashipsintheriver,andthemilitaryonshore,thebandplaying"GodSavetheKing,"theofficerswavingtheirhats,andthecrewshurrahinggallantly,thetransportswentdowntheriverandproceededunderconvoytoOstend.MeanwhilethegallantJoshadagreedtoescorthissisterandtheMajor’swife,thebulkofwhosegoodsandchattels,includingthefamousbirdofparadiseandturban,werewiththeregimentalbaggage:sothatourtwoheroinesdroveprettymuchunencumberedtoRamsgate,wheretherewereplentyofpacketsplying,inoneofwhichtheyhadaspeedypassagetoOstend.

           ThatperiodofJos’slifewhichnowensuedwassofullofincident,thatitservedhimforconversationformanyyearsafter,andeventhetiger-huntstorywasputasideformorestirringnarrativeswhichhehadtotellaboutthegreatcampaignofWaterloo.Assoonashehadagreedtoescorthissisterabroad,itwasremarkedthatheceasedshavinghisupperlip.AtChathamhefollowedtheparadesanddrillswithgreatassiduity.Helistenedwiththeutmostattentiontotheconversationofhisbrotherofficers(ashecalledtheminafterdayssometimes),andlearnedasmanymilitarynamesashecould.InthesestudiestheexcellentMrs.

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