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" A PLACE CALLED WATERLOO," 271
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was all It waving was as flat just ri all pe before over corn as harvest when if it had th , ey and been reached the rolled field it . " . th When ey I saw me it was , it
" " Oh And ! the they dead don bodies 't leave , were them they unburied all gone l ? y " ing about , miss , lentof
they ' re put underground directly . There was py wounded poor l crea ing t at ures the I close saw , and of the the battle remains as o th f a eir shed comra whe des re
a many were y , had them dragged cruel wretches in for fired prote at ction the , shed and would full of you wounded believe men it , till as
out it was , and all of the a blaze dying ? or and hel them pless who was had , suffocated strength . enoug My the h h French crawle usband , d
but saw the that Fr himself ench was . Oh < _juite ! no as wonder bitter the against peop the le hated English . " , " But you did ' nt find them all sosurely , you found some
kind hearts there !" , She gave me the pleasant old smile again , and leaning
found forward " Kin it , d iii said hearts France very ! gentl the Oh y same dear — , yes as it ! is I tell in Eng ye what land it and is , mis it ' s s my , I
belief and keep it ' s a the kind sam heart e all over yours the elf , world no fear , —if as you you treat won , ' peop t meet le well with ,
kindness too . People is very often what 7 ce makes ' em . " We sat very silent truth for a minute in or her two , I was le words pondering and over she
the calling very up gre some _^ t of the conveyed " old pictures . that simp hung on , memory ' s
continued wall " How . " it presently all comes , and back then , when bursting one out beg into ins a to laug think h almost , " she
" A Place Called Waterloo," 271
" A PLACE CALLED WATERLOO , " 271
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1864, page 271, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061864/page/55/
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