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In Which Mr. Osborne Takes Down the Family Bible

           ChopperandherdaughtersonhisreturntoSomers’Townthatevening,andtheytalkedaboutmilitarygentsandWestEndmenwithgreatexultationasthefamilysateandpartookoftea.Whenthegirlshadgonetorest,Mr.andMrs.C.discourseduponthestrangeeventswhichwereoccurringinthegovernor’sfamily.Neverhadtheclerkseenhisprincipalsomoved.WhenhewentintoMr.Osborne,afterCaptainDobbin’sdeparture,Mr.Chopperfoundhischiefblackintheface,andallbutinafit:somedreadfulquarrel,hewascertain,hadoccurredbetweenMr.O.andtheyoungCaptain.ChopperhadbeeninstructedtomakeoutanaccountofallsumspaidtoCaptainOsbornewithinthelastthreeyears."Andapreciouslotofmoneyhehashadtoo,"thechiefclerksaid,andrespectedhisoldandyoungmasterthemore,fortheliberalwayinwhichtheguineashadbeenflungabout.ThedisputewassomethingaboutMissSedley.Mrs.ChoppervowedanddeclaredshepitiedthatpooryoungladytolosesuchahandsomeyoungfellowastheCapting.Asthedaughterofanunluckyspeculator,whohadpaidaveryshabbydividend,Mr.ChopperhadnogreatregardforMissSedley.HerespectedthehouseofOsbornebeforeallothersintheCityofLondon:andhishopeandwishwasthatCaptainGeorgeshouldmarryanobleman’sdaughter.

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