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How Captain Dobbin Bought a Piano

           SoshelivedatBrompton,andmeanwhilesawnoone,oronlythosefewofherhusband’smalecompanionswhowereadmittedintoherlittledining-room.Thesewereallcharmedwithher.Thelittledinners,thelaughingandchatting,themusicafterwards,delightedallwhoparticipatedintheseenjoyments.MajorMartingaleneverthoughtaboutaskingtoseethemarriagelicence,CaptainCinqbarswasperfectlyenchantedwithherskillinmakingpunch.AndyoungLieutenantSpatterdash(whowasfondofpiquet,andwhomCrawleywouldofteninvite)wasevidentlyandquicklysmittenbyMrs.Crawley;butherowncircumspectionandmodestyneverforsookherforamoment,andCrawley’sreputationasafire-eatingandjealouswarriorwasafurtherandcompletedefencetohislittlewife.

           Therearegentlemenofverygoodbloodandfashioninthiscity,whoneverhaveenteredalady’sdrawing-room;sothatthoughRawdonCrawley’smarriagemightbetalkedaboutinhiscounty,where,ofcourse,Mrs.Butehadspreadthenews,inLondonitwasdoubted,ornotheeded,ornottalkedaboutatall.Helivedcomfortablyoncredit.Hehadalargecapitalofdebts,whichlaidoutjudiciously,willcarryamanalongformanyyears,andonwhichcertainmenabouttowncontrivetoliveahundredtimesbetterthanevenmenwithreadymoneycando.

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