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Is he. Papa ? " My father, regarded as The Bench, naturally, summed up. " Well, Nebuchadnezzar, I'm bound to say that if the belong- ings of our able-bodied young men were to have their way in wartime, we should have a mighty small army. Every one thinks every one else has a relative to spare. So all I can say is — ^go, and good luck go with you ! " To which every one agreed. Ex- cept, indeed, the new couple, who got away in a corner, wrapped up in their own affairs; in doing which they were wi...thin their rights. What others, caeteris paribus, have ever done otherwise? My father continued: — "Don't get outside more bullets than you need — they are nasty things, and quite indigestible. The better part of valour i6 discretion." Then he made even Gracey look less downcast, by pointing out that the invariable early death of military men was quite incompatible with the myriads of old officers one met in Society and at the Clubs. A cheerful conver- sation followed about the meaning of the word decimated.
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