One of the 28th: A Tale of Waterloo
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Henty George Alfred. One of the 28th: A Tale of Waterloo
PREFACE
One of the 28th
CHAPTER I. UNEXPECTED NEWS
CHAPTER II. A COUNTRY VISIT
CHAPTER III. RUN DOWN
CHAPTER IV. THE PRIVATEER'S RENDEZVOUS
CHAPTER V. THE BRITISH CRUISERS
CHAPTER VI. HOME AGAIN
CHAPTER VII. A COMMISSION
CHAPTER VIII. STARTLING NEWS
CHAPTER IX. MR. TALLBOYS' VISITOR
CHAPTER X. ON DETACHMENT
CHAPTER XI. STILL-HUNTING
CHAPTER XII. THE CAVE AMONG THE ROCKS
CHAPTER XIII. STARTLING NEWS
CHAPTER XIV. THE NEW HOUSEMAID
CHAPTER XV. IN BELGIUM
CHAPTER XVI. FOUND AT LAST
CHAPTER XVII. QUATRE BRAS
CHAPTER XVIII. WATERLOO
CHAPTER XIX. THE ROUT
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"I have written to ask Ralph Conway to come and stay for a time with me." The announcement was a simple one, but it fell like a bombshell in the midst of the party at breakfast at Penfold Hall. The party consisted only of the speaker, Herbert Penfold, and his two sisters. The latter both exclaimed "Herbert!" in a tone of shocked surprise. Mr. Penfold was evidently prepared for disapprobation; he had spoken in a somewhat nervous tone, but with a decision quite unusual to him. He had finished his last piece of toast and emptied his last cup of tea before making the announcement, and he now pushed back his chair, rose to his feet, and said: "Yes; I have been thinking of having him here for some time, and I suppose that as master of this house I am at liberty to ask whom I like; at any rate I would rather have no discussion on the subject."
So saying, without giving his sisters time to reply, he walked hastily to the door and went out. Miss Penfold and Miss Eleanor Penfold gazed at each other in speechless astonishment. So accustomed were they to settle everything that took place at Penfold Hall, that this sudden assumption of authority on the part of their brother fairly staggered them. Miss Penfold was the first to speak:
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"Now, young sir, who are you," he asked, "and what have you to say for yourself?" The question was translated by Jacques.
"I like that," the lad said indignantly. "What have I to say for myself! I think it's what have you to say for yourselves? We were quietly fishing when you ran over us and sank the boat and drowned my friend Joe, and haven't even stopped for a moment to see if you could pick him up. I call it shameful and inhuman!"
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