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Georges, having commenced his regular three years' military service in October, 1913, got leave to visit his aunt who was keeping a _pension_ in Paris.
How shy and confused he was when I came down to the dining-room that day and surprised him while he was examining his too-faint mustache with great seriousness before the mirror! Charming, I thought him, instantly; a clean, jolly sort of boy, quite too young for that ridiculous soldier's uniform.