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In Which All the Principal Personages Think Fit to Leave Brighton

           O’Dowdtochaperonyou,"hesaid.Whatcaredshesolongasherhusbandwasnearher?Thussomehowthebitternessofapartingwasjuggledaway.Thoughwaranddangerwereinstore,waranddangermightnotbefallformonthstocome.Therewasarespiteatanyrate,whichmadethetimidlittleAmeliaalmostashappyasafullreprievewouldhavedone,andwhichevenDobbinownedinhisheartwasverywelcome.For,tobepermittedtoseeherwasnowthegreatestprivilegeandhopeofhislife,andhethoughtwithhimselfsecretlyhowhewouldwatchandprotecther.Iwouldn’thavelethergoifIhadbeenmarriedtoher,hethought.ButGeorgewasthemaster,andhisfrienddidnotthinkfittoremonstrate.

           Puttingherarmroundherfriend’swaist,RebeccaatlengthcarriedAmeliaofffromthedinner-tablewheresomuchbusinessofimportancehadbeendiscussed,andleftthegentlemeninahighlyexhilaratedstate,drinkingandtalkingverygaily.

           InthecourseoftheeveningRawdongotalittlefamily-notefromhiswife,which,althoughhecrumpleditupandburntitinstantlyinthecandle,wehadthegoodlucktoreadoverRebecca’sshoulder."Greatnews,"shewrote."Mrs.Buteisgone.GetthemoneyfromCupidtonight,ashe’llbeoffto-morrowmostlikely.Mindthis.R."Sowhenthelittlecompanywasaboutadjourningtocoffeeinthewomen’sapartment,RawdontouchedOsborneontheelbow,andsaidgracefully,"Isay,Osborne,myboy,ifquiteconvenient,I’lltroubleyouforthat’eresmalltrifle.

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