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The Green Silk Purse

           

           AndasifallthingsconspiredinfavourofthegentleRebecca,theveryelements(althoughshewasnotinclinedatfirsttoacknowledgetheiractioninherbehalf)interposedtoaidher.ForontheeveningappointedfortheVauxhallparty,GeorgeOsbornehavingcometodinner,andtheeldersofthehousehavingdeparted,accordingtoinvitation,todinewithAldermanBallsatHighburyBarn,therecameonsuchathunder-stormasonlyhappensonVauxhallnights,andasobligedtheyoungpeople,perforce,toremainathome.Mr.Osbornedidnotseemintheleastdisappointedatthisoccurrence.HeandJosephSedleydrankafittingquantityofport-wine,tete-a-tete,inthedining-room,duringthedrinkingofwhichSedleytoldanumberofhisbestIndianstories;forhewasextremelytalkativeinman’ssociety;andafterwardsMissAmeliaSedleydidthehonoursofthedrawing-room;andthesefouryoungpersonspassedsuchacomfortableeveningtogether,thattheydeclaredtheywererathergladofthethunder-stormthanotherwise,whichhadcausedthemtoputofftheirvisittoVauxhall.

           OsbornewasSedley’sgodson,andhadbeenoneofthefamilyanytimethesethree-and-twentyyears.

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