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Posty: 1733
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hosewhoresidedintheneigh-
bouringtownshadreceivedorderstoassembleatoneplaceonthe
twentiethofNovember.Carriagesandhorseswereprovidedforall;cap-
tainsandunderofficerschosenandthewholeassemblagewiselyorgan-
ized.AllobeyedtheLordProtectorofdyingEngland;alllookedupto
him.Hiscouncilwaschosenitconsistedofaboutfiftypersons.Distinc-
tionandstationwerenotthequalificationsoftheirelection.Wehadno
stationamongusbutthatwhichbenevolenceandprudencegave;no
distinctionsavebet [link widoczny dla zalogowanych][link widoczny dla zalogowanych]nthelivingandthedead.Althoughwewere
anxioustoleaveEnglandbeforethedepthofwinteryetwewerede-
tained.SmallpartieshadbeendispatchedtovariouspartsofEnglandin
searchofstragglers;wewouldnotgountilwehadassuredourselves
thatinallhumanprobabilitywedidnotleavebehindasinglehuman
being.
OnourarrivalinLondonwefoundthattheagedCountessofWind-
sorwasresidingwithhersoninthepalaceoftheProtectorate;were-
pairedtoouraccustomedabodenearHydePark.Idrisnowforthefirst
timeformanyyearssawhermotheranxioustoassureherselfthatthe
childishnessofoldagedidnotminglewithunforgottenpridetomake
thishigh-borndamestillsoinveterateagainstme.Ageandcarehadfur-
rowedhercheeksandbentherform;buthereyewasstillbrighther
mannersauthoritativeandunchanged;syilai:
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