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At the end of the month, Peythroppe was gazetted twenty days'
extension of leave; but there was wrath and lamentation in the house
of Castries. The marriage-day had been fixed, but the bridegroom never
came: and the D'Silvas, Pereiras, and Ducketts lifted their voices and
mocked Honorary Lieutenant Castries as one who had been basely imposed
upon. Mrs. Hauksbee went to the wedding, and was much astonished
when Peythroppe did not appear. After seven weeks, Peythroppe and
the Three Men returned from Rajputana. Peythroppe was in hard tough
condition, rather white, and more self-contained than ever.
One of the Three Men had a cut on his nose, caused by the kick of
a gun. Twelve-bores kick rather curiously.
Then came Honorary Lieutenant Castries, seeking for the blood of his
perfidious son-in-law to be. He said things- vulgar and 'impossible'
things which showed the raw rough 'ranker' below the 'Honorary,' and I
fancy Peythroppe's eyes were opened. Anyhow, he held his peace till
the end; when he spoke briefly. Honorary Lieutenant Castries asked for
a 'peg' before he went away to die or bring a suit for breach of
promise.
Miss Castries was a оveryп good girl. She said that she would have
no breach of promise suits. She said that, if she was not a lady,
she was refined enough to know that ladies kept their broken hearts to
themselves; and, as she ruled her parents, nothing happened. Later on,
she married a most respectable and gentlemanly person. He travelled
for an enterprising firm in Calcutta, and was all that a good
husband should be.
So Peythroppe came to his right mind again, and did much good
work, and was honoured by all who knew him. One of these days he
will marry; but he will marry a sweet pink-and-white maiden, on the
Government House List, with a little money and some influential
connections, as every wise man should. And he will never, all his
life, tell her what happened during the seven weeks of his
shooting-tour in Rajputana.
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But just think how much trouble and expense- for camel-hire is not
cheap, and those Bikaneer brutes had to be fed like humans- might have
been saved by a properly conducted Matrimonial Department, under the
control of the Director-General of Education, but corresponding direct
with the Viceroy.
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