Book 2, Chapter 1: Partly Retrospective, yet Very Necessary to be Perused

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌⁠Early five years had elapsed between the event which formed the subject of our last chapter and the recall to England of the regiment in which Captain Armine now commanded a company. This period of time had passed away not unfruitful of events in the experience of that family, in whose fate and feelings I have attempted to interest the reader. In this interval Ferdinand Armine had paid one short v