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Which Contains Births, Marriages, and Deaths

           Joswasn’tupyet;Beckynotvisible(thoughshelookedatthemthroughtheblinds).Georgyranofftoseeaboutbreakfast.Emmy,whoseshawlandbonnetwereoffinthepassageinthehandsofMrs.Payne,nowwenttoundotheclaspofWilliam’scloak,andwewill,ifyouplease,gowithGeorge,andlookafterbreakfastfortheColonel.Thevesselisinport.Hehasgottheprizehehasbeentryingforallhislife.Thebirdhascomeinatlast.Thereitiswithitsheadonhisshoulder,billingandcooingcloseuptohisheart,withsoftoutstretchedflutteringwings.Thisiswhathehasaskedforeverydayandhourforeighteenyears.Thisiswhathepinedafter.Hereitisthesummit,theendthelastpageofthethirdvolume.Good-bye,ColonelGodblessyou,honestWilliam!Farewell,dearAmeliaGrowgreenagain,tenderlittleparasite,roundtheruggedoldoaktowhichyoucling!

           Perhapsitwascompunctiontowardsthekindandsimplecreature,whohadbeenthefirstinlifetodefendher,perhapsitwasadisliketoallsuchsentimentalscenesbutRebecca,satisfiedwithherpartinthetransaction,neverpresentedherselfbeforeColonelDobbinandtheladywhomhemarried."Particularbusiness,"shesaid,tookhertoBruges,whithershewent,andonlyGeorgyandhisunclewerepresentatthemarriageceremony.Whenitwasover,andGeorgyhadrejoinedhisparents,Mrs.Beckyreturned(justforafewdays)tocomfortthesolitarybachelor,JosephSedley.

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