Note 04 — Chapter IX · TREATING OF LOVERS AND FRIENDS.
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“Though I shall be forced to raise an army to protect this girl of mine,” says my papa, “for after all her adventures (no, miss, I don’t intend it unkindly) hitherto, what will it be now that she’s a fortune as well as a beauty? ’Twill be necessary to fortify the house, questionless, and hire a garrison of buxerries.”[04] (These are the Indian mercenary soldiers that fight for pay.)