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Sentimental and Otherwise

           

           Theobservantreader,whohasmarkedouryoungLieutenant’spreviousbehaviour,andhaspreservedourreportofthebriefconversationwhichhehasjusthadwithCaptainDobbin,haspossiblycometocertainconclusionsregardingthecharacterofMr.Osborne.SomecynicalFrenchmanhassaidthattherearetwopartiestoalove-transaction:theonewholovesandtheotherwhocondescendstobesotreated.Perhapstheloveisoccasionallyontheman’sside;perhapsonthelady’s.Perhapssomeinfatuatedswainhaserethismistakeninsensibilityformodesty,dulnessformaidenreserve,merevacuityforsweetbashfulness,andagoose,inaword,foraswan.Perhapssomebelovedfemalesubscriberhasarrayedanassinthesplendourandgloryofherimagination;admiredhisdulnessasmanlysimplicity;worshippedhisselfishnessasmanlysuperiority;treatedhisstupidityasmajesticgravity,andusedhimasthebrilliantfairyTitaniadidacertainweaveratAthens.IthinkIhaveseensuchcomediesoferrorsgoingonintheworld.Butthisiscertain,thatAmeliabelievedherlovertobeoneofthemostgallantandbrilliantmenintheempire:anditispossibleLieutenantOsbornethoughtsotoo.

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