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gud I said I could not tell, but he might ask the orderly corporal. He did so. The corporal answered No. Middleditch replied it does not signify I will clean my firelock at any rate.
This was about ¼ of an hour before the dispute with Hopkins.
He spoke then in his usual manner. I did not remark anything particular in it.
He then appeared to me to be not quite sober, but not much disguised by liquor.
From the time when I