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"Who could have possibly foreseen this strange, this opportune meeting?" said the mother. WHO COULD HAVE POSSIBLY FORESEEN THIS STRANGE THIS OPPORTUNE MEETING SAID THE MOTHER
 late fearful business of the fight. He was thus engaged when the English captain entered, and was not a little astonished to hear the mutual expressions of surprise that were uttered by both the ladies and the officer himself, while a moment sufficed to show them to be old acquaintances! The reader would here recognize, in the new comer, Captain Robert Bramble, whom we saw paying suit to Miss Huntington, not long previous, on the shady verandah of her mother's house, in the environs of Calcutta. Notwithstanding the excitement of the moment, and the joy felt on all sides at the timely arrival of the English officer and his people,--notwithstanding the surprise of the moment, that filled all present at the singular melting of old friends under such extraordinary circumstances, yet a close observer might have noticed an ill-suppressed expression of dissatisfaction upon Captain Ratlin's face, as he saw the English captain in friendly and even familiar intercourse with mother and daughter. RS ON ACCOUNT OF THE LATE FEARFUL BUSINESS OF THE FIGHT HE WAS THUS ENGAGED WHEN THE ENGLISH CAPTAIN ENTERED AND WAS NOT A LITTLE ASTONISHED TO HEAR THE MUTUAL EXPRESSIONS OF SURPRISE THAT WERE UTTERED BY BOTH THE LADIES AND THE OFFICER HIMSELF WHILE A MOMENT SUFFICED TO SHOW THEM TO BE OLD ACQUAINTANCES THE READER WOULD HERE RECOGNIZE IN THE NEWCOMER CAPTAIN ROBERT BRAMBLE WHOM WE SAW PAYING SUIT TO MISS HUNTINGTON NOT LONG PREVIOUS ON THE SHADY VERANDA OF HER MOTHER'S HOUSE IN THE ENVIRONS OF CALCUTTA NOTWITHSTANDING THE EXCITEMENT OF THE MOMENT AND THE JOY FELT ON ALL SIDES AT THE TIMELY ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH OFFICER AND HIS PEOPLE NOTWITHSTANDING THE SURPRISE OF THE MOMENT THAT FILLED ALL PRESENT AT THE SINGULAR MELTING OF OLD FRIENDS UNDER SUCH EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES YET A CLOSE OBSERVER MIGHT HAVE NOTICED AN ILL SUPPRESSED EXPRESSION OF DISSATISFACTION UPON CAPTAIN RATLIN'S FACE AS HE SAW THE ENGLISH CAPTAIN IN FRIENDLY AND EVEN FAMILIAR INTERCOURSE WITH MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
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