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consequences , had followed me . Not attending to any ^ other person present , she entreated me to leave the place ; I didv » o , and we returned together to Cambray ; and catiy the next morning the regiment being in marching order , / we parted * It had been agreed that she should remain with the family of her uncle until I could communicate with her from England , where we hoped that happier circumstances awaited us *
After having disembarked at Dover , our regiment marched to Shoreham Cliff barracks , where we had not been long quartered when an order arrived from the Horse Guards for twa Serjeants and two corporals of each company of the rifles to be reduced . Men who had beep wounded were to be first selected ; and old men the next . I was accordingly , although only about thirty years of age , fixed on to be reduced
an account of wounds ; and immediately repaired to Chatham , where I waited to receive an order from Chelsea to proceed to London to pass the Board . Here , to my astonishment , one day Augustine presented herself before me ; her appearance electrified , me ; " Edouard ! Mon cher Edouard , " she exclaimed ^ " je te suivrai partout . " I then learned , that having arrived at Shoreham Cliff barracks and inquired for me , Colonel Leach had
kindly paid her passage by coach to Chatham , directing her whjere to find me . Here she gave birth to another child , "two months afterwards I received orders to appear before the Chelsea Board ; and we proceeded to London together . On our arrival there , our circumstances being very needy , we took
a single room in Red Lion street , Chelsea , where we resolved to live as ; sparingly as possible . 1 passed the Board ; but soon found the pittance I received not sufficient to maintain a family ., Day after day we struggled with our necessities . To sufferfppyerty oneself is wretched ; but to see a wife or child in want of food and raiment is a heavier affliction ; and I
confess that I now saw nothing but starvation staring us in the > f « jce . ¦;¦ . < What was to be done ? My faithful Augustine deliberated with me on our difficulties with great patience , and we agreed that it would be most advisable for her to return to her uncle , and endeavour to move the family of her father to a reconciliation with us both . Her infant she thought would not fail to excite their kindly feelings ; but how could we defray the expenses of so long a journey ? It occurred to me that ,
having been several times wounded , I was entitled to aa allow * ance for my wounds . This is called ' < blood-raoaey ; " but is , 1 believe , « ow not given in the British service . The applicant used to receive a candy signed by the Adjutant and Command- * ing Officer , certifying that the bearer , had been wounded in a certain aciioa . ; A mopith after his discharge he presented this card to the tniniater of the parish in which he resided , who
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224 TheKifiemutfs Wife .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 1, 1837, page 224, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1830/page/34/
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