Jos walked up to his friend, and put the question for the hundredth time during the past hour, "Did she know where horses were to be had?"
"What, YOU fly?" said Rebecca, with a laugh. "I thought you were the champion of all the ladies, Mr. Sedley."
"I--I'm not a military man," gasped he.
"And Amelia?--Who is to protect that poor little sister of yours?" asked Rebecca. "You surely would not desert her?"

Jos walked up and put the question for the hundredth time, "Did she know where horses were to be had?"
"What, you fly?" laughed Rebecca. "I thought you were the champion of all the ladies, Mr. Sedley."
"I - I'm not a military man."
"And who is to protect poor little Amelia?" asked Rebecca. "You surely would not desert her?"
