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In Which All the Principal Personages Think Fit to Leave Brighton

           GeorgeOsbornequitegaily,triedtopayheroneortwocomplimentsrelativetohernewpositionasabride(whichcompliments,itmustbeconfessed,wereexceedinglyclumsyandhungfirewoefully),andthenfelltotalkingaboutBrighton,andthesea-air,andthegaietiesoftheplace,andthebeautiesoftheroadandthemeritsoftheLightningcoachandhorsesallinamannerquiteincomprehensibletoAmelia,andveryamusingtoRebecca,whowaswatchingtheCaptain,asindeedshewatchedeveryonenearwhomshecame.

           LittleAmelia,itmustbeowned,hadratherameanopinionofherhusband’sfriend,CaptainDobbin.Helispedhewasveryplainandhomely-looking:andexceedinglyawkwardandungainly.Shelikedhimforhisattachmenttoherhusband(tobesuretherewasverylittlemeritinthat),andshethoughtGeorgewasmostgenerousandkindinextendinghisfriendshiptohisbrotherofficer.GeorgehadmimickedDobbin’slispandqueermannersmanytimestoher,thoughtodohimjustice,healwaysspokemosthighlyofhisfriend’sgoodqualities.Inherlittledayoftriumph,andnotknowinghimintimatelyasyet,shemadelightofhonestWilliamandheknewheropinionsofhimquitewell,andacquiescedinthemveryhumbly.Atimecamewhensheknewhimbetter,andchangedhernotionsregardinghim;butthatwasdistantasyet.

           AsforRebecca,CaptainDobbinhadnotbeentwohoursintheladies’companybeforesheunderstoodhissecretperfectly.

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