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treatyou，Colonel，tobesatisfiedwithtakingmywordofhonourthatIwasputintoadamnablepositionwhereIhadnooption；Ihadnochoicewhatever，consistentwithmydignityasamanandanofficer……Afterall，Colonel，thisfactistheverybottomofthisaffair。
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