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Georgy is Made a Gentleman

           drovetheToddsoutinhercarriagenowandthen;whentheywereill,herfootman,inlargeplushsmallsandwaistcoat,broughtjelliesanddelicaciesfromRussellSquaretoCoramStreet.CoramStreettrembledandlookeduptoRussellSquareindeed,andMrs.Todd,whohadaprettyhandatcuttingoutpapertrimmingsforhaunchesofmutton,andcouldmakeflowers,ducks,&c.,outofturnipsandcarrotsinaverycreditablemanner,wouldgoto"theSquare,"asitwascalled,andassistinthepreparationsincidenttoagreatdinner,withoutevensomuchasthinkingofsittingdowntothebanquet.Ifanyguestfailedattheeleventhhour,Toddwasaskedtodine.Mrs.ToddandMariacameacrossintheevening,slippedinwithamuffledknock,andwereinthedrawing-roombythetimeMissOsborneandtheladiesunderherconvoyreachedthatapartmentandreadytofireoffduetsandsinguntilthegentlemencameup.PoorMariaTodd;pooryounglady!HowshehadtoworkandthrumattheseduetsandsonatasintheStreet,beforetheyappearedinpublicintheSquare!

           ThusitseemedtobedecreedbyfatethatGeorgywastodomineerovereverybodywithwhomhecameincontact,andthatfriends,relatives,anddomesticswerealltobowthekneebeforethelittlefellow.Itmustbeownedthatheaccommodatedhimselfverywillinglytothisarrangement.Mostpeopledoso.AndGeorgylikedtoplaythepartofmasterandperhapshadanaturalaptitudeforit.

           InRussellSquareeverybodywasafraidofMr.Osborne,andMr.

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