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But if the weather turned roughish , they 'd be walking together and talking ; leastwise , the youngster listened while the other discoursed about Sir John 's campaign in Spain and Portugal , telling how each little skirmish befell ; and of Sir John himself , and General Baird and General Paget , and Colonel Vivian , his own commanding officer , and what kind of men they were ; and of the last bloody stand-up at Corunna , and so forth , as if neither could have enough . `` But all this had to come to an end in the late summer ; for the boy , John Christian , being now well and strong again , must go up to Plymouth to report himself . 'T was his own wish -LRB- for I believe King George had forgotten all about him -RRB- , but his friend would n't hold him back . As for the trumpeter , my father had made an arrangement to take him on as a lodger as soon as the boy left ; and on the morning fixed for the start , he was up at the door here by five o'clock , with his trumpet slung by his side , and all the rest of his kit in a small valise . A Monday morning it was , and after breakfast he had fixed to walk with the boy some way on the road towards Helston , where the coach started . My father left them at breakfast together , and went out to meat the pig , and do a few odd morning jobs of that sort . When he came back , the boy was still at table , and the trumpeter standing here by the chimney-place with the drum and trumpet in his hands , hitched together just as they be at this moment . ''