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In Which We Meet an Old Acquaintance

           HewroteofftoChutneyattheClubtosaythattheServicewashighlyappreciatedinGermany,thathewasgoingtoshowhisfriend,theCountdeSchlusselback,howtostickapigintheIndianfashion,andthathisaugustfriends,theDukeandDuchess,wereeverythingthatwaskindandcivil.

           Emmy,too,waspresentedtotheaugustfamily,andasmourningisnotadmittedinCourtoncertaindays,sheappearedinapinkcrapedresswithadiamondornamentinthecorsage,presentedtoherbyherbrother,andshelookedsoprettyinthiscostumethattheDukeandCourt(puttingoutofthequestiontheMajor,whohadscarcelyeverseenherbeforeinaneveningdress,andvowedthatshedidnotlookfive-and-twenty)alladmiredherexcessively.

           InthisdressshewalkedaPolonaisewithMajorDobbinataCourtball,inwhicheasydanceMr.JoshadthehonourofleadingouttheCountessofSchlusselback,anoldladywithahumpback,butwithsixteengoodquartersofnobilityandrelatedtohalftheroyalhousesofGermany.

           PumpernickelstandsinthemidstofahappyvalleythroughwhichsparklestominglewiththeRhinesomewhere,butIhavenotthemapathandtosayexactlyatwhatpointthefertilizingstreamofthePump.

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