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In Which Amelia Invades the Low Countries

           ButthoughAmeliatoldallthesestories,andwrotehomeregardingherguests’rudeness,andherowndiscomfiture,oldMrs.Sedleywasmightilypleasednevertheless,andtalkedaboutEmmy’sfriend,theCountessofBareacres,withsuchassiduitythatthenewshowhissonwasentertainingpeersandpeeressesactuallycametoOsborne’searsintheCity.

           ThosewhoknowthepresentLieutenant-GeneralSirGeorgeTufto,K.C.B.,andhaveseenhim,astheymayonmostdaysintheseason,paddedandinstays,struttingdownPallMallwitharicketyswaggeronhishigh-heeledlacqueredboots,leeringunderthebonnetsofpassers-by,orridingashowychestnut,andoglingbroughamsintheParksthosewhoknowthepresentSirGeorgeTuftowouldhardlyrecognisethedaringPeninsularandWaterlooofficer.Hehasthickcurlingbrownhairandblackeyebrowsnow,andhiswhiskersareofthedeepestpurple.Hewaslight-hairedandbaldin1815,andstouterinthepersonandinthelimbs,whichespeciallyhaveshrunkverymuchoflate.Whenhewasaboutseventyyearsofage(heisnownearlyeighty),hishair,whichwasveryscarceandquitewhite,suddenlygrewthick,andbrown,andcurly,andhiswhiskersandeyebrowstooktheirpresentcolour.Ill-naturedpeoplesaythathischestisallwool,andthathishair,becauseitnevergrows,isawig.

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