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They are fighting now?"
No, Sir. There was a flag of truce."
From them?"
No, Sir. Mr. Caterham sent a flag of truce. The whole thing is a
hideous misunderstanding. That is why he wants to talk to you, and put
his case before you. They insist, Sir, that you should intervene--"
Redwood interrupted. "Do you know what happened to my Son?" he asked.
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He was wounded."
Tell me! Tell me!"
He and the Princess came--before the--the movement to surround the
Cossar camp was complete--the Cossar pit at Chislehurst. They came
suddenly, Sir, crashing through a dense thicket of giant oats, near
River, upon a column of infantry ... Soldiers had been very nervous all
day, and this produced a panic."
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They shot him?"
No, Sir. They ran away. Some shot at him--wildly--against orders."
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