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 haunted the British Museum for additional facts. What do you think I learned? Blucher, who was dirty and slouchy by nature, dressed up on the eve of battle:—best tunic, fancy sword, gilt lace, feathered hat and what-not! And he had himself bathed, rouged and powdered, manicured and curry-combed.

"'I feel like a girl going to her first ball,' he used to say.

"And people like that, who delight in murder and rapine, receive honorary degrees!"

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