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The Old Piano

           YoungRickettsandlittleChafferswentawayonthecoachthatdayRickettsonthebox,andtakingthereinsfromBotley;theDoctorwasofftohisfamilyatPortsea;Bragggonetotowntohisco-partners;andthefirstmatebusyintheunloadingoftheRamchunder.Mr.JoewasverylonelyatSouthampton,andgotthelandlordoftheGeorgetotakeaglassofwinewithhimthatday,attheveryhouratwhichMajorDobbinwasseatedatthetableofhisfather,SirWilliam,wherehissisterfoundout(foritwasimpossiblefortheMajortotellfibs)thathehadbeentoseeMrs.GeorgeOsborne.

           JoswassocomfortablysituatedinSt.Martin’sLane,hecouldenjoyhishookahtherewithsuchperfectease,andcouldswaggerdowntothetheatres,whenminded,soagreeably,that,perhaps,hewouldhaveremainedaltogetherattheSlaughters’hadnothisfriend,theMajor,beenathiselbow.ThatgentlemanwouldnotlettheBengaleerestuntilhehadexecutedhispromiseofhavingahomeforAmeliaandhisfather.Joswasasoftfellowinanybody’shands,Dobbinmostactiveinanybody’sconcernsbuthisown;thecivilianwas,therefore,aneasyvictimtotheguilelessartsofthisgood-natureddiplomatistandwasreadytodo,topurchase,hire,orrelinquishwhateverhisfriendthoughtfit.LollJewab,ofwhomtheboysaboutSt.

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