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In Which Mr. Osborne Takes Down the Family Bible

           Herethisyoungfellow,who,thoughonlyseventeenyearsofage,andaboutsixty-fiveincheshigh,withaconstitutionnaturallyricketyandmuchimpairedbyprematurebrandyandwater,hadanundoubtedcourageandalion’sheart,poised,tried,bent,andbalancedaweaponsuchashethoughtwoulddoexecutionamongstFrenchmen.Shouting"Ha,ha!"andstampinghislittlefeetwithtremendousenergy,hedeliveredthepointtwiceorthriceatCaptainDobbin,whoparriedthethrustlaughinglywithhisbamboowalking-stick.

           Mr.Stubble,asmaybesupposedfromhissizeandslenderness,wasoftheLightBobs.EnsignSpooney,onthecontrary,wasatallyouth,andbelongedto(CaptainDobbin’s)theGrenadierCompany,andhetriedonanewbearskincap,underwhichhelookedsavagebeyondhisyears.ThenthesetwoladswentofftotheSlaughters’,andhavingorderedafamousdinner,satedownandwroteoffletterstothekindanxiousparentsathomelettersfullofloveandheartiness,andpluckandbadspelling.Ah!thereweremanyanxiousheartsbeatingthroughEnglandatthattime;andmothers’prayersandtearsflowinginmanyhomesteads.

           SeeingyoungStubbleengagedincompositionatoneofthecoffee-roomtablesattheSlaughters’,andthetearstricklingdownhisnoseontothepaper(fortheyoungsterwasthinkingofhismamma,andthathemightneverseeheragain),Dobbin,whowasgoingtowriteoffalettertoGeorgeOsborne,relented,andlockeduphisdesk."WhyshouldI?"saidhe."Letherhavethisnighthappy.

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