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How Captain Dobbin Bought a Piano

           Asforonedozenwell-manufacturedsilverspoonsandforksatperoz.,andonedozendessertdittoditto,therewerethreeyoungstockbrokers(Messrs.Dale,Spiggot,andDale,ofThreadneedleStreet,indeed),who,havinghaddealingswiththeoldman,andkindnessesfromhimindayswhenhewaskindtoeverybodywithwhomhedealt,sentthislittlesparoutofthewreckwiththeirlovetogoodMrs.Sedley;andwithrespecttothepiano,asithadbeenAmelia’s,andasshemightmissitandwantonenow,andasCaptainWilliamDobbincouldnomoreplayuponitthanhecoulddanceonthetightrope,itisprobablethathedidnotpurchasetheinstrumentforhisownuse.

           Inaword,itarrivedthateveningatawonderfulsmallcottageinastreetleadingfromtheFulhamRoadoneofthosestreetswhichhavethefinestromanticnames—(thiswascalledSt.AdelaideVillas,Anna-MariaRoadWest),wherethehouseslooklikebaby-houses;wherethepeople,lookingoutofthefirst-floorwindows,mustinfallibly,asyouthink,sitwiththeirfeetintheparlours;wheretheshrubsinthelittlegardensinfrontbloomwithaperennialdisplayoflittlechildren’spinafores,littleredsocks,caps,&c.(polyandriapolygynia);whenceyouhearthesoundofjinglingspinetsandwomensinging;wherelittleporterpotshangontherailingssunningthemselves;whitherofeveningsyouseeCityclerkspaddingwearily:hereitwasthatMr.Clapp,theclerkofMr.

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