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  CHAPTERS II. III. IV. V. VI.*

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  [Footnote 1: The above chapters are omitted by the editor of thiswork, inasmuch as every fact contained in them is to be found muchmore fully detailed in the "Memoirs of Henry Masterton, LordMasterton;" and it may be only necessary to add, for the informationof such persons as are unfortunate enough not to have read that work,that Lord Masterton was accompanied through all the adventures thereindescribed by John Marston Hall, the writer of the present book.Farther, it may not be impertinent to observe, that, as Lord Mastertonhimself states, the subject of the present memoirs was of infiniteservice and assistance to his noble friend in the difficulties anddangers which he had to encounter; and we have every reason tobelieve, that had it not been for the promptitude and assistance of"Little Ball-o'-Fire," as he is generally called in that work, thehistory of the noble lord would not have been brought to so happy aconclusion. In the chapters here omitted, the writer details all thescenes that took place in England, and all those that followed inFrance, up to the period when his Lord Masterton was happily wedded tothe Lady Emily Langleigh, and took up his abode with her father at thebeautiful little ch?teau of St. Maur. At that point we shall againcommence the adventures of John Marston Hall, as written by himself,and proceed, even to their conclusion, with no other alterationwhatever, than a slight modification of the orthography, which doesnot particularly well suit the fashion of the present day, and theoccasional translation of various passages originally written in theFrench tongue.]

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