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In Which Amelia Invades the Low Countries

           TomTufto,withwhosefatherhequarrelledeversomanyyearsago,declaresthatMademoiselledeJaisey,oftheFrenchtheatre,pulledhisgrandpapa’shairoffinthegreen-room;butTomisnotoriouslyspitefulandjealous;andtheGeneral’swighasnothingtodowithourstory.

           Oneday,assomeofourfriendsofthethweresaunteringintheflower-marketofBrussels,havingbeentoseetheHoteldeVille,whichMrs.MajorO’Dowddeclaredwasnotnearsolargeorhandsomeasherfawther’smansionofGlenmalony,anofficerofrank,withanorderlybehindhim,rodeuptothemarket,anddescendingfromhishorse,cameamongsttheflowers,andselectedtheveryfinestbouquetwhichmoneycouldbuy.Thebeautifulbundlebeingtiedupinapaper,theofficerremounted,givingthenosegayintothechargeofhismilitarygroom,whocarrieditwithagrin,followinghischief,whorodeawayingreatstateandself-satisfaction.

           "YoushouldseetheflowersatGlenmalony,"Mrs.O’Dowdwasremarking."MefawtherhasthreeScotchgarnerswithninehelpers.Wehaveanacreofhot-houses,andpinesascommonaspaysinthesayson.Ourgreepsweighssixpoundseverybunchof’em,anduponmehonourandconscienceIthinkourmagnoliasisasbigastaykettles."

           Dobbin,whoneverusedto"drawout"Mrs.

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