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CHAPTER III. 



THE PORTSMOUTH ROCKET. 



Ambition the Beetle Loss of Caste The Brighton Road 

 Box Companions A Naval Hero Sporting Colonel 

 R. B. Sheridan New Friends A Race The Result 

 Fog Singular Appearance Talkative Companion 

 A Spill Scene in the Bere Forest Unrewarded Friends 

 Experience An Exeat. 



WHATEVER the philosopher may imply, or 

 however the cynic may deride, it must be 

 conceded that ambition forms part of our 

 existence; it is wound up in all our 

 thoughts, words, and actions, and is as 

 much the moving power of those engaged 

 in commercial pursuits, of whatever grade, 



