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Our Friend the Major

           HeaskedathousandmorequestionsfromhiscompanionaboutAmelia:hiskindheartgrievedtothinkthatsheshouldhavehadtopartwithherson.Howdidshebearit?Didsheseehimoften?WasMr.Sedleyprettycomfortablenowinaworldlypointofview?PollyansweredallthesequestionsofMajorSugarplumstotheverybestofherpower.

           Andinthemidstoftheirwalkanincidentoccurredwhich,thoughverysimpleinitsnature,wasproductiveofthegreatestdelighttoMajorDobbin.Apaleyoungmanwithfeeblewhiskersandastiffwhiteneckclothcamewalkingdownthelane,ensandwichhavingalady,thatis,oneacharm.Onewasatallandcommandingmiddle-agedfemale,withfeaturesandacomplexionsimilartothoseoftheclergymanoftheChurchofEnglandbywhosesideshemarched,andtheotherastuntedlittlewomanwithadarkface,ornamentedbyafinenewbonnetandwhiteribbons,andinasmartpelisse,witharichgoldwatchinthemidstofherperson.Thegentleman,pinionedashewasbythesetwoladies,carriedfurtheraparasol,shawl,andbasket,sothathisarmswereentirelyengaged,andofcoursehewasunabletotouchhishatinacknowledgementofthecurtseywithwhichMissMaryClappgreetedhim.

           Hemerelybowedhisheadinreplytohersalutation,whichthetwoladiesreturnedwithapatronizingair,andatthesametimelookingseverelyattheindividualinthebluecoatandbamboocanewhoaccompaniedMissPolly.

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