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Returns to the Genteel World

           

           Itwasamodestestablishment.ThebutlerwasJos’svaletalso,andneverwasmoredrunkthanabutlerinasmallfamilyshouldbewhohasaproperregardforhismaster’swine.Emmywassuppliedwithamaid,grownonSirWilliamDobbin’ssuburbanestate;agoodgirl,whosekindnessandhumilitydisarmedMrs.Osborne,whowasatfirstterrifiedattheideaofhavingaservanttowaituponherself,whodidnotintheleastknowhowtouseone,andwhoalwaysspoketodomesticswiththemostreverentialpoliteness.Butthismaidwasveryusefulinthefamily,indexterouslytendingoldMr.Sedley,whokeptalmostentirelytohisownquarterofthehouseandnevermixedinanyofthegaydoingswhichtookplacethere.

           NumbersofpeoplecametoseeMrs.Osborne.LadyDobbinanddaughtersweredelightedatherchangeoffortune,andwaiteduponher.MissOsbornefromRussellSquarecameinhergrandchariotwiththeflaminghammer-clothemblazonedwiththeLeedsarms.Joswasreportedtobeimmenselyrich.OldOsbornehadnoobjectionthatGeorgyshouldinherithisuncle’spropertyaswellashisown."Damnit,wewillmakeamanofthefeller,"hesaid;"andI’llseehiminParliamentbeforeIdie.Youmaygoandseehismother,MissO.,thoughI’llneverseteyesonher":andMissOsbornecame.Emmy,youmaybesure,wasverygladtoseeher,andsobebroughtnearertoGeorge.Thatyoungfellowwasallowedtocomemuchmorefrequentlythanbeforetovisithismother.

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