The Young Buglers: A Tale of the Peninsular WarThe next day, the bulk of Beresford's army returned to the neighborhood of Badajos, which they again invested, while a long convoy of wounded started for Lisbon. The Scudamores accompanied it as far as Campo Major, where a large hospital had been prepared for those too ill to bear the journey. Peter was still unconscious. Fever had set in upon the day after the battle, and for three weeks he lay between life and death. |
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... Rhoda dear , get up ; are you very much frightened ? " Rhoda still lay quite still , and Peter , holding on with difficulty , for the coach quite rocked with the speed at which they were going , climbed over to her , and stooped down ...
... Rhoda dear , get up ; are you very much frightened ? " Rhoda still lay quite still , and Peter , holding on with difficulty , for the coach quite rocked with the speed at which they were going , climbed over to her , and stooped down ...
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... Rhoda got down . " Do you say the coach has been attacked by highwaymen in Burnet bottom ? " " I don't know anything about Burnet bottom , " Tom said . " It was a bottom about four miles off . There were three of them . The guard shot ...
... Rhoda got down . " Do you say the coach has been attacked by highwaymen in Burnet bottom ? " " I don't know anything about Burnet bottom , " Tom said . " It was a bottom about four miles off . There were three of them . The guard shot ...
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... Rhoda . " Rhoda was too worn out with the over - excitement even to answer . Fortunately there was hot water in order to make hot grog for the outriders of the coach , some tea was quickly made , and in ten minutes Rhoda was fast asleep ...
... Rhoda . " Rhoda was too worn out with the over - excitement even to answer . Fortunately there was hot water in order to make hot grog for the outriders of the coach , some tea was quickly made , and in ten minutes Rhoda was fast asleep ...
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... Rhoda being carried down asleep , by the land- lady , and placed in the coach , one of the inside passengers getting out to make room for her , and she was laid , curled up , on the seat , with her head in a lady's lap , and slept ...
... Rhoda being carried down asleep , by the land- lady , and placed in the coach , one of the inside passengers getting out to make room for her , and she was laid , curled up , on the seat , with her head in a lady's lap , and slept ...
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... Rhoda , who had never been out of Lincolnshire before , was delighted with the beau- tiful country through which they were passing . The journey , long as it was - for the road was a very bad one , and the horse had no idea of going ...
... Rhoda , who had never been out of Lincolnshire before , was delighted with the beau- tiful country through which they were passing . The journey , long as it was - for the road was a very bad one , and the horse had no idea of going ...
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