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In Which Captain Dobbin Acts as the Messenger of Hymen

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           George,inconversationwithAmelia,wasrallyingtheappearanceofayoungladyofwhomhisfatherandsistershadlatelymadetheacquaintance,andwhowasanobjectofvastrespecttotheRussellSquarefamily.ShewasreportedtohaveIdon’tknowhowmanyplantationsintheWestIndies;adealofmoneyinthefunds;andthreestarstohernameintheEastIndiastockholders’list.ShehadamansioninSurrey,andahouseinPortlandPlace.ThenameoftherichWestIndiaheiresshadbeenmentionedwithapplauseintheMorningPost.Mrs.Haggistoun,ColonelHaggistoun’swidow,herrelative,"chaperoned"her,andkeptherhouse.Shewasjustfromschool,whereshehadcompletedhereducation,andGeorgeandhissistershadmetherataneveningpartyatoldHulker’shouse,DevonshirePlace(Hulker,Bullock,andCo.werelongthecorrespondentsofherhouseintheWestIndies),andthegirlshadmadethemostcordialadvancestoher,whichtheheiresshadreceivedwithgreatgoodhumour.Anorphaninherpositionwithhermoneysointeresting!theMissesOsbornesaid.TheywerefulloftheirnewfriendwhentheyreturnedfromtheHulkerballtoMissWirt,theircompanion;theyhadmadearrangementsforcontinuallymeeting,andhadthecarriageanddrovetoseehertheverynextday.Mrs.

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