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The Old Piano

           "Idon’tcareaboutowningit,"WaterlooSedleywouldsaytohisfriends,"Iamadressyman";andthoughratheruneasyiftheladieslookedathimattheGovernmentHouseballs,andthoughheblushedandturnedawayalarmedundertheirglances,itwaschieflyfromadreadlesttheyshouldmakelovetohimthatheavoidedthem,beingaversetomarriagealtogether.ButtherewasnosuchswellinCalcuttaasWaterlooSedley,Ihaveheardsay,andhehadthehandsomestturn-out,gavethebestbachelordinners,andhadthefinestplateinthewholeplace.

           Tomakethesewaistcoatsforamanofhissizeanddignitytookatleastaday,partofwhichheemployedinhiringaservanttowaituponhimandhisnativeandininstructingtheagentwhoclearedhisbaggage,hisboxes,hisbooks,whichheneverread,hischestsofmangoes,chutney,andcurry-powders,hisshawlsforpresentstopeoplewhomhedidn’tknowasyet,andtherestofhisPersicosapparatus.

           Atlength,hedroveleisurelytoLondononthethirddayandinthenewwaistcoat,thenative,withchatteringteeth,shudderinginashawlontheboxbythesideofthenewEuropeanservant;JospuffinghispipeatintervalswithinandlookingsomajesticthatthelittleboyscriedHooray,andmanypeoplethoughthemustbeaGovernor-General.HE,Ipromise,didnotdeclinetheobsequiousinvitationofthelandlordstoalightandrefreshhimselfintheneatcountrytowns.

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