hopingonlyitmaybebreakfast，insomeform，beforethedayquiteterminate。Thedayisstillyoung，hardly8o’clock，whentheiradvancedpartiesfindDettingenbeset；findawholeFrenchArmydrawnup，onthescrubbymoorthere；andcomegallopingbackwiththisinterestingbitofnews！Pausehereupon；muchconsulting；
infact，endlesshitheringandthithering，theaffairbeingknotty:
’Fight，YES，nowatlast！Buthow？’ImpetuousStairwasnotwantingtohimself；Neippergtoo，theysay，wasusefulwithadvice；
D’Ahremberg，Ishouldimagine，goodforlittle。
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