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Our Friend the Major

           Thepost-boyswonderedatthefeesheflungamongstthem.Howhappyandgreenthecountrylookedasthechaisewhirledrapidlyfrommile-stonetomile-stone,throughneatcountrytownswherelandlordscameouttowelcomehimwithsmilesandbows;byprettyroadsideinns,wherethesignshungontheelms,andhorsesandwaggonersweredrinkingunderthechequeredshadowofthetrees;byoldhallsandparks;rustichamletsclusteredroundancientgreychurchesandthroughthecharmingfriendlyEnglishlandscape.Isthereanyintheworldlikeit?Toatravellerreturninghomeitlookssokinditseemstoshakehandswithyouasyoupassthroughit.Well,MajorDobbinpassedthroughallthisfromSouthamptontoLondon,andwithoutnotingmuchbeyondthemilestonesalongtheroad.YouseehewassoeagertoseehisparentsatCamberwell.

           HegrudgedthetimelostbetweenPiccadillyandhisoldhauntattheSlaughters’,whitherhedrovefaithfully.Longyearshadpassedsincehesawitlast,sinceheandGeorge,asyoungmen,hadenjoyedmanyafeast,andheldmanyarevelthere.Hehadnowpassedintothestageofold-fellow-hood.Hishairwasgrizzled,andmanyapassionandfeelingofhisyouthhadgrowngreyinthatinterval.There,however,stoodtheoldwaiteratthedoor,inthesamegreasyblacksuit,withthesamedoublechinandflaccidface,withthesamehugebunchofsealsathisfob,rattlinghismoneyinhispocketsasbefore,andreceivingtheMajorasifhehadgoneawayonlyaweekago.

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