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A Marriage and Part of a Honeymoon

           IknewonceagentlemanandveryworthypractitionerinVanityFair,whousedtodolittlewrongstohisneighboursonpurpose,andinordertoapologisefortheminanopenandmanlywayafterwardsandwhatensued?MyfriendCrockyDoylewaslikedeverywhere,anddeemedtoberatherimpetuousbutthehonestestfellow.Becky’shumilitypassedforsinceritywithGeorgeOsborne.

           Thesetwoyoungcoupleshadplentyoftalestorelatetoeachother.Themarriagesofeitherwerediscussed;andtheirprospectsinlifecanvassedwiththegreatestfranknessandinterestonbothsides.George’smarriagewastobemadeknowntohisfatherbyhisfriendCaptainDobbin;andyoungOsbornetrembledratherfortheresultofthatcommunication.MissCrawley,onwhomallRawdon’shopesdepended,stillheldout.UnabletomakeanentryintoherhouseinParkLane,heraffectionatenephewandniecehadfollowedhertoBrighton,wheretheyhademissariescontinuallyplantedatherdoor.

           "IwishyoucouldseesomeofRawdon’sfriendswhoarealwaysaboutourdoor,"Rebeccasaid,laughing."Didyoueverseeadun,mydear;orabailiffandhisman?Twooftheabominablewretcheswatchedalllastweekatthegreengrocer’sopposite,andwecouldnotgetawayuntilSunday.IfAuntydoesnotrelent,whatshallwedo?"

           Rawdon,withroarsoflaughter,relatedadozenamusinganecdotesofhisduns,andRebecca’sadroittreatmentofthem.

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