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How Captain Dobbin Bought a Piano

           IndeedwhoistherethatwalksLondonstreets,butcanpointoutahalf-dozenofmenridingbyhimsplendidly,whileheisonfoot,courtedbyfashion,bowedintotheircarriagesbytradesmen,denyingthemselvesnothing,andlivingonwhoknowswhat?WeseeJackThriftlessprancinginthepark,ordartinginhisbroughamdownPallMall:weeathisdinnersservedonhismiraculousplate."Howdidthisbegin,"wesay,"orwherewillitend?""Mydearfellow,"IheardJackoncesay,"IowemoneyineverycapitalinEurope."Theendmustcomesomeday,butinthemeantimeJackthrivesasmuchasever;peoplearegladenoughtoshakehimbythehand,ignorethelittledarkstoriesthatarewhisperedeverynowandthenagainsthim,andpronouncehimagood-natured,jovial,recklessfellow.

           TruthobligesustoconfessthatRebeccahadmarriedagentlemanofthisorder.Everythingwasplentifulinhishousebutreadymoney,ofwhichtheirmenageprettyearlyfeltthewant;andreadingtheGazetteoneday,andcomingupontheannouncementof"LieutenantG.OsbornetobeCaptainbypurchase,viceSmith,whoexchanges,"RawdonutteredthatsentimentregardingAmelia’slover,whichendedinthevisittoRussellSquare.

           WhenRawdonandhiswifewishedtocommunicatewithCaptainDobbinatthesale,andtoknowparticularsofthecatastrophewhichhadbefallenRebecca’soldacquaintances,theCaptainhadvanished;andsuchinformationastheygotwasfromastrayporterorbrokerattheauction

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