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Sentimental and Otherwise

           TheCaptainwaseatinghisbreakfastonedayinthemess-room,whileCackle,theassistant-surgeon,andthetwoabove-namedworthieswerespeculatinguponOsborne’sintrigueStubbleholdingoutthattheladywasaDuchessaboutQueenCharlotte’scourt,andCacklevowingshewasanopera-singeroftheworstreputation.AtthisideaDobbinbecamesomoved,thatthoughhismouthwasfullofeggsandbread-and-butteratthetime,andthoughheoughtnottohavespokenatall,yethecouldn’thelpblurtingout,"Cackle,you’reastupidfool.You’realwaystalkingnonsenseandscandal.OsborneisnotgoingtorunoffwithaDuchessorruinamilliner.MissSedleyisoneofthemostcharmingyoungwomenthateverlived.He’sbeenengagedtohereversolong;andthemanwhocallshernameshadbetternotdosoinmyhearing."Withwhich,turningexceedinglyred,Dobbinceasedspeaking,andalmostchokedhimselfwithacupoftea.Thestorywasovertheregimentinhalf-an-hour;andthatveryeveningMrs.MajorO’DowdwroteofftohersisterGlorvinaatO’DowdstownnottohurryfromDublinyoungOsbornebeingprematurelyengagedalready.

           ShecomplimentedtheLieutenantinanappropriatespeechoveraglassofwhisky-toddythatevening,andhewenthomeperfectlyfurioustoquarrelwithDobbin(whohaddeclinedMrs.MajorO’Dowd’sparty,andsatinhisownroomplayingtheflute,and,Ibelieve,writingpoetryinaverymelancholymanner)—toquarrelwithDobbinforbetrayinghissecret.

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