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Reading edition
A Tale of the Retreat from Cabul.
BY JAMES GRANT,
AUTHOR OF "THE ROMANCE OF WAR," "FIRST LOVE AND LAST LOVE," "LADY WEDDERBURN'S WISH," ETC.
IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II.
"Come what come may, Time and the Hour runs through the roughest day."—Macbeth.
LONDON: TINSLEY BROTHERS, 18, CATHERINE ST., STRAND. 1871. [All Rights Reserved.]
LONDON: BRADBURY, EVANS, AND CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
CONTENTS.
CHAP.
I.—BEYOND THE LAND OF THE SUN II.—IN THE AFGHAN FORT III.—THE WARNING IV.—WHAT TOOK US THERE V.—TIFFIN WITH THE TRECARRELS VI.—THE APPOINTMENT VII.—"THE BAND PLAYS AT TWO" VIII.—THE DRIVE IX.—ADVENTURE IN CABUL X.—THE MOSQUE OF BABER XI.—"Only an Ensign" XII.—ASSASSINATION XIII.—HOME IN THE SPIRIT XIV.—IN THE FORTIFIED CAMP XV.—CHRISTMAS AT CABUL XVI.—THE MORNING OF THE RETREAT XVII.—THE HALT BY THE LOGHUR RIVER XVIII.—SPIRITED AWAY! XIX.—THE SKIRMISH XX.—IN THE KHYBER PASS XXI.—WALLER'S ADVENTURES XXII.—CHANCE BETTER THAN DESIGN XXIII.—DENZIL A NAWAB XXIV.—A MEETING XXV.—MARRIED OR NOT? XXVI.—THE WANDERER XXVII.—THE LOST STEAMER
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