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Our Friend the Major

           HeandDobbinstumbledovertheirpailsinthepassagesastheywerescouringthedecksoftheRoyalGeorge.Whenthefirstunshornwaiterappearedandunbarredthedooroftheinn,theMajorthoughtthatthetimefordeparturewasarrived,andorderedapost-chaisetobefetchedinstantly,thattheymightsetoff.

           HethendirectedhisstepstoMr.Sedley’sroomandopenedthecurtainsofthegreatlargefamilybedwhereinMr.Joswassnoring."Come,up!Sedley,"theMajorsaid,"it’stimetobeoff;thechaisewillbeatthedoorinhalfanhour."

           Josgrowledfromunderthecounterpanetoknowwhatthetimewas;butwhenheatlastextortedfromtheblushingMajor(whonevertoldfibs,howevertheymightbetohisadvantage)whatwastherealhourofthemorning,hebrokeoutintoavolleyofbadlanguage,whichwewillnotrepeathere,butbywhichhegaveDobbintounderstandthathewouldjeopardyhissoulifhegotupatthatmoment,thattheMajormightgoandbehanged,thathewouldnottravelwithDobbin,andthatitwasmostunkindandungentlemanliketodisturbamanoutofhissleepinthatway;onwhichthediscomfitedMajorwasobligedtoretreat,leavingJostoresumehisinterruptedslumbers.

           Thechaisecameuppresently,andtheMajorwouldwaitnolonger.

           IfhehadbeenanEnglishnoblemantravellingonapleasuretour,oranewspapercourierbearingdispatches(governmentmessagesaregenerallycarriedmuchmorequietly),hecouldnothavetravelledmorequickly.

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