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           RawdonCrawley,whohad,hebelieved,madesomenoiseinLondon;andthenTapeworm,whoofcourseknewalltheLondongossip,andwasbesidesarelativeofLadyGaunt,pouredoutintotheastonishedMajor’searssuchahistoryaboutBeckyandherhusbandasastonishedthequerist,andsuppliedallthepointsofthisnarrative,foritwasatthatverytableyearsagothatthepresentwriterhadthepleasureofhearingthetale.Tufto,Steyne,theCrawleys,andtheirhistoryeverythingconnectedwithBeckyandherpreviouslifepassedundertherecordofthebitterdiplomatist.Hekneweverythingandagreatdealbesides,aboutalltheworldinaword,hemadethemostastoundingrevelationstothesimple-heartedMajor.WhenDobbinsaidthatMrs.OsborneandMr.Sedleyhadtakenherintotheirhouse,TapewormburstintoapealoflaughterwhichshockedtheMajor,andaskediftheyhadnotbettersendintotheprisonandtakeinoneortwoofthegentlemeninshavedheadsandyellowjacketswhosweptthestreetsofPumpernickel,chainedinpairs,toboardandlodge,andactastutortothatlittlescapegraceGeorgy.

           ThisinformationastonishedandhorrifiedtheMajornotalittle.Ithadbeenagreedinthemorning(beforemeetingwithRebecca)thatAmeliashouldgototheCourtballthatnight.Therewouldbetheplacewhereheshouldtellher.TheMajorwenthome,anddressedhimselfinhisuniform,andrepairedtoCourt,inhopestoseeMrs.Osborne.Shenevercame.

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