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Who Played on the Piano Captain Dobbin Bought

           Blenkinsopindeed,whohadseenthebirthofJosandAmelia,andthewooingofJohnSedleyandhiswife,wasforstayingbythemwithoutwages,havingamassedaconsiderablesumintheirservice:andsheaccompaniedthefallenpeopleintotheirnewandhumbleplaceofrefuge,whereshetendedthemandgrumbledagainstthemforawhile.

           OfallSedley’sopponentsinhisdebateswithhiscreditorswhichnowensued,andharassedthefeelingsofthehumiliatedoldgentlemansoseverely,thatinsixweeksheoldenedmorethanhehaddoneforfifteenyearsbefore—themostdeterminedandobstinateseemedtobeJohnOsborne,hisoldfriendandneighbour—JohnOsborne,whomhehadsetupinlife—whowasunderahundredobligationstohim—andwhosesonwastomarrySedley’sdaughter.AnyoneofthesecircumstanceswouldaccountforthebitternessofOsborne’sopposition.

           Whenonemanhasbeenunderveryremarkableobligationstoanother,withwhomhesubsequentlyquarrels,acommonsenseofdecency,asitwere,makesoftheformeramuchsevererenemythanamerestrangerwouldbe.Toaccountforyourownhard-heartednessandingratitudeinsuchacase,youareboundtoprovetheotherparty’scrime.Itisnotthatyouareselfish,brutal,andangryatthefailureofaspeculation—no,no—itisthatyourpartnerhasledyouintoitbythebasesttreacheryandwiththemostsinistermotives.

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