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to do — you fell out with both. Jack 

 Austin, ''the Devil," was a cheery, 

 light-hearted, typical British sub- 

 altern, ready for any game that was 

 going, while Major Calvert, ''the 

 Deep C," though a keen sportsman 

 and full of dry and — what is not 

 always the same thing — kindly hu- 

 mour, was of a quiet disposition, 

 avoiding rather than courting society, 

 and was therefore credited with 

 having some character below the 

 surface. Many a man, indeed, has 

 passed as a clever one before the 

 world simply because he has been 

 ^^: wise enough not to let out to what 

 extent he is a fool. 



Why the two men should have 

 become such peculiarly good friends 

 it is difficult to see, as theoretically 

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