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           ThensheresumedherconversationwithGeneralTufto,whoasked"whothefatofficerwasinthegold-lacedcap?"onwhichBeckyreplied,"thathewasanofficerintheEastIndianservice."ButRawdonCrawleyrodeoutoftheranksofhiscompany,andcameupandshookhandsheartilywithAmelia,andsaidtoJos,"Well,oldboy,howareyou?"andstaredinMrs.O’Dowd’sfaceandattheblackcock’sfeathersuntilshebegantothinkshehadmadeaconquestofhim.

           George,whohadbeendelayedbehind,rodeupalmostimmediatelywithDobbin,andtheytouchedtheircapstotheaugustpersonages,amongwhomOsborneatonceperceivedMrs.Crawley.HewasdelightedtoseeRawdonleaningoverhiscarriagefamiliarlyandtalkingtoAmelia,andmettheaide-de-camp’scordialgreetingwithmorethancorrespondingwarmth.ThenodsbetweenRawdonandDobbinwereoftheveryfaintestspecimensofpoliteness.

           CrawleytoldGeorgewheretheywerestoppingwithGeneralTuftoattheHotelduParc,andGeorgemadehisfriendpromisetocomespeedilytoOsborne’sownresidence."SorryIhadn’tseenyouthreedaysago,"Georgesaid."HadadinnerattheRestaurateur’sratheranicething.LordBareacres,andtheCountess,andLadyBlanche,weregoodenoughtodinewithuswishwe’dhadyou.

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