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344 OUR ADVENTURE IN THE HIGHLANDS.
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And Our The Regiment Season Was Was Stat...
nor entered did he the make drawing his room appearance , but Ashton again that was evening nowhere . to be seen ,
returned At an together early hour to in barracks the morning . Ashton , Charlie ' s quarters , Harry and , and ours I
The opened partitions off the same were staircase not particularl , his being y thick on the so flat that above I could ours .
generally hear him moving about , his room , being immediately over mineThat morninghoweverthere was not a sound to
. , , have be heard returned overhead long . ago " He . " will About be asleep two hours , " I thoug later ht I awoke , he mus with t
a start out of a disagreeable dream , and it was some time before I could sleep again . As I lay quite still I fancied I heard
stealthy footsteps passing my door . Next minute , Ashton ' s door was opened and shut , and then the footsteps went tramp ,
intermission tramp , backwards . The and birds forwards were sing overhead ing in the , without morning a moment airand ' s the sun was shining brightly in at the window : Where , can
he have been all this time ? " I thought ; but as I mused I fell into a sound " sleep , which lasted till Pat O'Phelim , my
everpatien work it t was and for much poor -enduring Pat to get servant me , up came in time to wak for e parade me . Hard that : morning ; but being a gentleman not easily daunted when he
once undertook a thing , by dint of perseverance he at last somnolent succeeded , state and I took Mfirst my p thoug lace ht beside was my to look men around in a semi for
-. y _> Ashton everlooking , and every there , inch by Jove an officer , he was no , m as arks calm of , seediness as vigilant about as
him , , not a single hair was out of its , proper place , not a wrinkle or a speck of dirt was there on his beautifully-fitting uniform ,
and not a thought did he appear to have beyond his duty . As I I could looked scarcel at that believe splendid it to personification be the same of man military I had precision seen not ,
many hours before y , crouching like a wild animal among the laurels , and wearing on his countenance a look almost akin to
that of a demon . sion " I of must his face have " mistaken I argued , with or at myself least exaggerated ; anyone , would the expres have
looked uncomfo , rtable in such a position , especially in the moonlihtwhich always makes one look more or less hastly .
Any fellow g , , too , would have looked savage on seeing g another man kissing the woman he loved . " But reason as I wouldI
could not get the scene of the previous night out of my head . , The absentees for whom we had been waiting had returned ,
following our leave morning was obtained . Charl , and ey we would were , I to daresay start on , have our tour greatl the y preferred remaining in the neighbourhood of Laurel Grove now
that the fair Annie was really his _Jianced ; but our arrangements
344 Our Adventure In The Highlands.
344 OUR ADVENTURE IN THE _HIGHLANDS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1864, page 344, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071864/page/56/
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