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but to this my friend replied, lie had 

 no quarrel with him, and having fully 

 satisfied the laws of honour he should 

 decline his invitation ; then he and his 

 friend, supposing the wound to be 

 mortal, thought it best to absent them- 

 selves, and, stepping into their chaise, 

 the postilion, who had orders to pro- 

 ceed across the country to a post-town,' 

 on another road to London, mounted 

 and drove off. 



The wounded officer was removed from 

 the field, and was for more than a month 

 in a precarious state; the ball having 

 lodged in the spine, could not be ex- 

 tracted. However, he got well, shortly 

 afterwards accompanied his battalion to 

 the Peninsula, and served during the re- 

 mainder of the war with the ball in his back. 



My friend, after a month's absence, 

 returned to his regiment, and the whole 

 affair was soon forgotten. 



I shall conclude this long chapter, 



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