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Sentimental and Otherwise

           HecouldsparbetterthanKnuckles,theprivate(whowouldhavebeenacorporalbutforhisdrunkenness,andwhohadbeenintheprize-ring);andwasthebestbatterandbowler,outandout,oftheregimentalclub.Herodehisownhorse,GreasedLightning,andwontheGarrisoncupatQuebecraces.TherewereotherpeoplebesidesAmeliawhoworshippedhim.StubbleandSpooneythoughthimasortofApollo;DobbintookhimtobeanAdmirableCrichton;andMrs.MajorO’Dowdacknowledgedhewasanelegantyoungfellow,andputherinmindofFitzjurldFogarty,LordCastlefogarty’ssecondson.

           Well,StubbleandSpooneyandtherestindulgedinmostromanticconjecturesregardingthisfemalecorrespondentofOsborne’sopiningthatitwasaDuchessinLondonwhowasinlovewithhimorthatitwasaGeneral’sdaughter,whowasengagedtosomebodyelse,andmadlyattachedtohimorthatitwasaMemberofParliament’slady,whoproposedfourhorsesandanelopementorthatitwassomeothervictimofapassiondelightfullyexciting,romantic,anddisgracefultoallparties,onnoneofwhichconjectureswouldOsbornethrowtheleastlight,leavinghisyoungadmirersandfriendstoinventandarrangetheirwholehistory.

           AndtherealstateofthecasewouldneverhavebeenknownatallintheregimentbutforCaptainDobbin’sindiscretion.

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