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    barclayshalfpay,asllprivateine,alefortune

    pletoenablehiolive

    fortably,infrandthere,agly,hehadsettled

    down.

    hisfalynsistedofralph,perdadaughtercalled,after

    herther,lanie,andhanpercy.it

    hadalainbarclaysiiooengland,

    eebusinessor

    profession;andhehadkeptuphisenglishionbyseveral

    visitsthere,ofsonthsduration,ily.the

    boys,too,hadbeenfortschoolinenglandaswellas

    fortanyandtheyspokethethreelanguagesh

    equalfluency.

    aprettierabodethanthatofcaptainbarclayto

    find.iticularstyleofarture,andwouldhave

    horrifiedaloverofthe.ithic,

    andaltogetherfrench.ithadnurouslittlegables,ntaining

    thefushapedlittleroo.ithadahighroof,h

    projegeaves;androundthreesidesranaha

    trellisrainedsubduingthe

    glareofthesuersun,castingaolgreenshadeoverthe

    sittingroo,andaffaprettyanddelightfullyol

    retreat;rs.barclaygenerallysathheraught

    lanie,vingroundthehousehthesun,soastobealwaysin

    theshade.

    thedrasbothopeothisverandatheroad

    cauptothebackofthehouse;andupoherthreesides

    prosebetheenglishandfrench

    styles.ithadasoth,ohafechesof

    brightfloixedupangthe

    andbeyondthepsofthegracefulfoliagedplantsand

    shrubsinhefrenchdelight.beyondhits

    lohese,thevieretchedaothe

    towersofdijon.

    intheverandatheboys,upontheirretu,foundcaptainbarclay

    readingthepapers,andsking.helookedupastheyentered.

    ”youarebackearly,boys.”

    ”yes,papa,thereuchtalkinggoingon,thattheprofessor

    gaveitupashopeless.youhaveheardtheneourse”

    ”yes,boys,andaerysorrytohearit.”

    captainbarclayspokesogravelythatralphasked,anxiously:

    ”dontyouthink,papa”

    ”iverydoubtful,ralph,”hisfathersaid.”prussiahas

    alreadygainedanienseralvictory.shehaschosenherown

    tiforeti,obligedfraakethe

    initiative,andsotoappeartobetheaggressorandthereforeto

    losetheralsupportofeurope.shehasforcedthisquarrelupon

    frandyethsofeuropelookuponfrahe

    iheoryhetruth,butithen

    betoolate.asitis,fraersupohe

    ofpublipiniondeadagainstherand,isers

    uponitaltogetherunprepared;ting

    ready,foryears.”

    ”butthefrenchalselvestobebettersoldiers

    thantheprussians,papa.”

    ”sotheyhave,perdequallyiplined,and

    anizedibelievethat,inanythinglikeequalforces,they

    ionis,havewegenera

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