Through Russian Snows: A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow (Classic Reprint)

Colonel Wyatt iktl, all Weymouth agreed that it was a most uiifortunate thing for his sods Julian andF rank. The loss v( a father is always a misfortnne to lads, hnt it was more than usually so in this case. They had lost their mother years before, and Colonel Wyatt ssister had since kejit hotise fur him. As a hoiisekeei)er she was an efficient snW titule. as a mother to the I k) -s she was a toinplete failure. How slie ever came to be Col )nel Wyatt ssister was a [H izle to all iheir aci|uaintanccs. The Colonel was qnick and alert, sharji and decisive in speech, strong in his opinions. |crcm]itoT yin his manner, kindly at heart, hut irascililc in iem|K:r. Mm. Troutbeck was gentle and almost timid in manner ;rei ort said that she had had a liard lime of it in her married life, and that Trontbeck had frightened out of her any vestige of spirit that she had ever iKW sessed. Mrs. Troutlveck never argued, and was always in |)erfe tagreement with any opinion expressed, a habit that was constantly exciting the wrath and indignation of her brother. The idea of mntrollin; the l-.ys never on.
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