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           Perhapsitwasthehappiesttimeofboththeirlives,indeed,iftheydidbutknowitandwhodoes?Whichofuscanpointoutandsaythatwastheculminationthatwasthesummitofhumanjoy?Butatallevents,thiscouplewereverydecentlycontented,andenjoyedaspleasantasummertourasanypairthatleftEnglandthatyear.Georgywasalwayspresentattheplay,butitwastheMajorwhoputEmmy’sshawlonaftertheentertainment;andinthewalksandexcursionstheyoungladwouldbeonahead,andupatower-stairoratree,whilstthesoberercouplewerebelow,theMajorsmokinghiscigarwithgreatplacidityandconstancy,whilstEmmysketchedthesiteortheruin.ItwasonthisverytourthatI,thepresentwriterofahistoryofwhicheverywordistrue,hadthepleasuretoseethemfirstandtomaketheiracquaintance.

           ItwasatthelittlecomfortableDucaltownofPumpernickel(thatveryplacewhereSirPittCrawleyhadbeensodistinguishedasanattache;butthatwasinearlyearlydays,andbeforethenewsoftheBattleofAusterlitzsentalltheEnglishdiplomatistsinGermanytotherightabout)thatIfirstsawColonelDobbinandhisparty.TheyhadarrivedwiththecarriageandcourierattheErbprinzHotel,thebestofthetown,andthewholepartydinedatthetabled’hote.EverybodyremarkedthemajestyofJosandtheknowingwayinwhichhesipped,orrathersucked,theJohannisberger,whichheorderedfordinner.

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