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In Which Captain Dobbin Acts as the Messenger of Hymen

           ColonelHaggistounusuallywritesherletters,butinamomentofconfidence,sheputpentopaperformysisters;shespeltsatinsatting,andSaintJames’s,SaintJams."

           "Why,surelyitmustbeMissSwartz,theparlourboarder,"Emmysaid,rememberingthatgood-naturedyoungmulattogirl,whohadbeensohystericallyaffectedwhenAmelialeftMissPinkerton’sacademy.

           "Theveryname,"Georgesaid."HerfatherwasaGermanJewaslave-ownertheysayconnectedwiththeCannibalIslandsinsomewayorother.Hediedlastyear,andMissPinkertonhasfinishedhereducation.Shecanplaytwopiecesonthepiano;sheknowsthreesongs;shecanwritewhenMrs.Haggistounisbytospellforher;andJaneandMariaalreadyhavegottoloveherasasister."

           "Iwishtheywouldhavelovedme,"saidEmmy,wistfully."Theywerealwaysverycoldtome."

           "Mydearchild,theywouldhavelovedyouifyouhadhadtwohundredthousandpounds,"Georgereplied."Thatisthewayinwhichtheyhavebeenbroughtup.Oursisaready-moneysociety.WeliveamongbankersandCitybig-wigs,andbehangedtothem,andeveryman,ashetalkstoyou,isjinglinghisguineasinhispocket.ThereisthatjackassFredBullockisgoingtomarryMariathere’sGoldmore,theEastIndiaDirector,there’sDipley,inthetallowtradeOURtrade,"Georgesaid,withanuneasylaughandablush."Cursethewholepackofmoney-grubbingvulgarians!Ifallasleepattheirgreatheavydinners.

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