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ask where were you acquainted with 

 Serjeant Bunn?" 



"At Portsmouth," I said, "when the 

 army disembarked from Corunna; and 

 recently at St. Albans, where the regi- 

 ment was disbanded." 



He then proceeded: 



" On the following morning I pre- 

 sented the French General at head-quarters, 

 and he was sent to England from Vigo 

 or Corunna, prior to our evacuating the 

 latter place." 



"And subsequently," I added, again in- 

 terposing, " broke his parole, and regained 

 France in an open boat; which was con- 

 sidered a most extraordinary feat." 



"Well," he said, "the short time we 

 were together we grew in each other's 

 estimation, and at parting he thanked me 

 for the kind treatment and courtesy he 

 had received, saying, ' We may never meet 

 again, but should it be your fortune to 



