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How Captain Dobbin Bought a Piano

           TheHebrewaide-de-campintheserviceoftheofficeratthetablebidagainsttheHebrewgentlemanemployedbytheelephantpurchasers,andabriskbattleensuedoverthislittlepiano,thecombatantsbeinggreatlyencouragedbyMr.Hammerdown.

           Atlast,whenthecompetitionhadbeenprolongedforsometime,theelephantcaptainandladydesistedfromtherace;andthehammercomingdown,theauctioneersaid:"Mr.Lewis,twenty-five,"andMr.Lewis’schiefthusbecametheproprietorofthelittlesquarepiano.Havingeffectedthepurchase,hesateupasifhewasgreatlyrelieved,andtheunsuccessfulcompetitorscatchingaglimpseofhimatthismoment,theladysaidtoherfriend,

           "Why,Rawdon,it’sCaptainDobbin."

           IsupposeBeckywasdiscontentedwiththenewpianoherhusbandhadhiredforher,orperhapstheproprietorsofthatinstrumenthadfetcheditaway,decliningfarthercredit,orperhapsshehadaparticularattachmentfortheonewhichshehadjusttriedtopurchase,recollectingitinolddays,whensheusedtoplayuponit,inthelittlesitting-roomofourdearAmeliaSedley.

           ThesalewasattheoldhouseinRussellSquare,wherewepassedsomeeveningstogetheratthebeginningofthisstory.GoodoldJohnSedleywasaruinedman.HisnamehadbeenproclaimedasadefaulterontheStockExchange,andhisbankruptcyandcommercialexterminationhadfollowed.Mr.Osborne’sbutlercametobuysomeofthefamousportwinetotransfertothecellarsovertheway.

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