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           TheyweretwomonthslaterthantheMajor’s;andtheship’ssurgeoncongratulatedhimselfuponthetreatmentadoptedbyhimtowardshisnewpatient,whohadbeenconsignedtoshipboardbytheMadraspractitionerwithverysmallhopesindeed;for,fromthatday,theverydaythathechangedthedraught,MajorDobbinbegantomend.Andthusitwasthatdeservingofficer,CaptainKirk,wasdisappointedofhismajority.

           AftertheypassedSt.Helena,MajorDobbin’sgaietyandstrengthwassuchastoastonishallhisfellowpassengers.Helarkedwiththemidshipmen,playedsingle-stickwiththemates,ranuptheshroudslikeaboy,sangacomicsongonenighttotheamusementofthewholepartyassembledovertheirgrogaftersupper,andrenderedhimselfsogay,lively,andamiablethatevenCaptainBragg,whothoughttherewasnothinginhispassenger,andconsideredhewasapoor-spiritedfelleratfirst,wasconstrainedtoownthattheMajorwasareservedbutwell-informedandmeritoriousofficer."Heain’tgotdistangymanners,dammy,"Braggobservedtohisfirstmate;"hewouldn’tdoatGovernmentHouse,Roper,wherehisLordshipandLadyWilliamwasaskindtome,andshookhandswithmebeforethewholecompany,andaskingmeatdinnertotakebeerwithhim,beforetheCommander-in-Chiefhimself;heain’tgotmanners,butthere’ssomethingabouthim"AndthusCaptainBraggshowedthathepossesseddiscriminationasaman,aswellasabilityasacommander

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