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Sentimental and Otherwise

           

           "Whothedeuceaskedyoutotalkaboutmyaffairs?"Osborneshoutedindignantly."WhythedevilisalltheregimenttoknowthatIamgoingtobemarried?Whyisthattattlingoldharridan,PeggyO’Dowd,tomakefreewithmynameatherddsupper-table,andadvertisemyengagementoverthethreekingdoms?Afterall,whatrighthaveyoutosayIamengaged,ortomeddleinmybusinessatall,Dobbin?"

           "Itseemstome,"CaptainDobbinbegan.

           "Seemsbehanged,Dobbin,"hisjuniorinterruptedhim."Iamunderobligationstoyou,Iknowit,adddealtoowelltoo;butIwon’tbealwayssermonisedbyyoubecauseyou’refiveyearsmysenior.I’mhangedifI’llstandyourairsofsuperiorityandinfernalpityandpatronage.Pityandpatronage!IshouldliketoknowinwhatI’myourinferior?"

           "Areyouengaged?"CaptainDobbininterposed.

           "Whatthedevil’sthattoyouoranyonehereifIam?"

           "Areyouashamedofit?"Dobbinresumed.

           "Whatrighthaveyoutoaskmethatquestion,sir?Ishouldliketoknow,"Georgesaid.

           "GoodGod,youdon’tmeantosayyouwanttobreakoff?"askedDobbin,startingup.

           "Inotherwords,youaskmeifI’mamanofhonour,"saidOsborne,fiercely;"isthatwhatyoumean?You’veadoptedsuchatoneregardingmelatelythatI’m———ifI’llbearitanymore.

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