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Everything looked different from anything he had seen before, and the boy felt that he could hardly wait to be allowed to explore some of those streets which were so narrow, and those houses which were built in such a peculiar fashion. Finally, the permission came for the troops to land, and Archie received the permission of the general to remain with them as long as he wanted to do so. And as he had no other plans, the young correspondent decided that it would be a good plan for him to stay right with one of these regiments, for the time being at any rate. ghd straighteners He knew that they would be likely to be sent to the front immediately, and the front seemed the place for him to be. And then he was already acquainted with many of the men, and with the colonel, and he realised that this would be an advantage to him in his work.

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