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Excerpt from Three Recruits and the Girls They Left Behind Them, Vol. 1 of 3: A Novel
T was years and years ago in an old Midland town; though it might have been to-day, judging from the topic they were discussing at the Angel Inn, while the London mail was dashing along the Northern road.
Bad times. All the ports Of the world closed against English commerce. Ministers denounced and defended. The nation with out allies. Everything and everybody going to the dogs, except those who had already gone. Such were the themes Of the local politicians who smoked their pipes and emptied foaming beakers of strong ale at the principal hotel, waiting to see the coach come in and hear the news from town.
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