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THE MAN OF THE WORLD. 53
conducted by him to thole very doors,
whole lordly owners received him in that
manneV, which grandeur thinks itfelf en¬
titled to affume, and dependence is con-
ftrained to endure.
After fome days of enquiry and folici-
tude, he learned, that it was not neceflary
for him to join his regiment fo fpeedUy as
Sir Thomas’s letter had induced him to
believe.
Upon obtaining this information, he
immediately communicated it to the ba¬
ronet, and fignified at the fame time, a
defire of improving that time, which this
refpite allowed him for his ftay in Eng¬
land, in a vifit to the family at Bilfwood.
But with this purpofe his coufin’s ideas-
did not at all coincide; he wrote Harry
an anfwer, difapproving entirely his inten¬
tions of leaving London, and laid down
a plan for his improvement in military
fcience, which could only be followed in
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