Thereplywasunexpected。Thereporterinformedhisquestionerthatinreturningfromthetheatricals，atwhichhewaspresent，hesharedaflywithagentlemanwhoassuredhimthatsuchanalliancewascertain，soobviouslydiditrecommenditselftoallconcerned，asameansofstrengtheningbothfamilies。Thegentleman\'sknowledgeofthePowerswassoprecisethatthereporterdidnothesitatetoaccepthisassertion。Hewasamanwhohadseenagreatdealoftheworld，andhisfacewasnoticeablefortheseamsandscarsonit。
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Hostilities，then，werebeginning。Theparagraphhadbeenmeantasthefirstslap。Takingherabroadwasthesecond。
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