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Sentimental and Otherwise

           Perhapsheisvisitingthesentries,thoughtshe;perhapsheisbivouacking;perhapsheisattendingthecouchofawoundedcomrade,orstudyingtheartofwarupinhisowndesolatechamber.Andherkindthoughtsspedawayasiftheywereangelsandhadwings,andflyingdowntherivertoChathamandRochester,strovetopeepintothebarrackswhereGeorgewas....Allthingsconsidered,Ithinkitwasaswellthegateswereshut,andthesentryallowednoonetopass;sothatthepoorlittlewhite-robedangelcouldnothearthesongsthoseyoungfellowswereroaringoverthewhisky-punch.

           ThedayafterthelittleconversationatChathambarracks,youngOsborne,toshowthathewouldbeasgoodashisword,preparedtogototown,therebyincurringCaptainDobbin’sapplause."Ishouldhavelikedtomakeheralittlepresent,"Osbornesaidtohisfriendinconfidence,"onlyIamquiteoutofcashuntilmyfathertipsup."ButDobbinwouldnotallowthisgoodnatureandgenerositytobebalked,andsoaccommodatedMr.Osbornewithafewpoundnotes,whichthelattertookafteralittlefaintscruple.

           AndIdaresayhewouldhaveboughtsomethingveryhandsomeforAmelia;only,gettingoffthecoachinFleetStreet,hewasattractedbyahandsomeshirt-pininajeweller’swindow,whichhecouldnotresist;andhavingpaidforthat,hadverylittlemoneytospareforindulginginanyfurtherexerciseofkindness.Nevermind:youmaybesureitwasnothispresentsAmeliawanted.

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