of their friends previous to their departure for America , and were now returningreturnto Portsmouth , where the troops waitedwaitorders for embarkation .
But no kind Familiar at that time appearing , and the chaise which they had orderedorder, drivingdriveup to the door , Montraville and his companion were obliged to take leaveleaveof Chichester and its fair inhabitant , and proceedproceedon their journeyjourney.
When we all first metmeet, Captain Ashburnham , home on sick leaveleavefrom an India to which he was never to return , was thirty-three ; Mrs Ashburnham Leonora -- was thirty-one .