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Widow and Mother

           "Myson,MajorDobbin,"theAldermansaid,withsomehesitation,"despatchedmealetterbyanofficeroftheth,whoarrivedintownto-day.Myson’slettercontainsoneforyou,Osborne."TheAldermanplacedtheletteronthetable,andOsbornestaredathimforamomentortwoinsilence.Hislooksfrightenedtheambassador,whoafterlookingguiltilyforalittletimeatthegrief-strickenman,hurriedawaywithoutanotherword.

           TheletterwasinGeorge’swell-knownboldhandwriting.Itwasthatonewhichhehadwrittenbeforedaybreakonthe16thofJune,andjustbeforehetookleaveofAmelia.ThegreatredsealwasemblazonedwiththeshamcoatofarmswhichOsbornehadassumedfromthePeerage,with"Paxinbello"foramotto;thatoftheducalhousewithwhichthevainoldmantriedtofancyhimselfconnected.Thehandthatsigneditwouldneverholdpenorswordmore.TheverysealthatsealedithadbeenrobbedfromGeorge’sdeadbodyasitlayonthefieldofbattle.Thefatherknewnothingofthis,butsatandlookedattheletterinterrifiedvacancy.Healmostfellwhenhewenttoopenit.

           Haveyoueverhadadifferencewithadearfriend?Howhisletters,writtenintheperiodofloveandconfidence,sickenandrebukeyou!Whatadrearymourningitistodwelluponthosevehementprotestsofdeadaffection!Whatlyingepitaphstheymakeoverthecorpseoflove!Whatdark,cruelcommentsuponLifeandVanities!Mostofushavegotorwrittendrawersfullofthem.

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