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A Family in a Very Small Way

           Sedleyloved;shekeptaneyeuponthemilkmanandthebaker’sboy;andmadevisitationstothebutcher,whosoldhundredsofoxenverylikelywithlessadothanwasmadeaboutMrs.Sedley’sloinofmutton:andshecountedthepotatoesunderthejointonSundays,onwhichdays,dressedinherbest,shewenttochurchtwiceandreadBlair’sSermonsintheevening.

           Onthatday,for"business"preventedhimonweekdaysfromtakingsuchapleasure,itwasoldSedley’sdelighttotakeouthislittlegrandsonGeorgytotheneighbouringparksorKensingtonGardens,toseethesoldiersortofeedtheducks.Georgylovedtheredcoats,andhisgrandpapatoldhimhowhisfatherhadbeenafamoussoldier,andintroducedhimtomanysergeantsandotherswithWaterloomedalsontheirbreasts,towhomtheoldgrandfatherpompouslypresentedthechildasthesonofCaptainOsborneoftheth,whodiedgloriouslyonthegloriouseighteenth.Hehasbeenknowntotreatsomeofthesenon-commissionedgentlementoaglassofporter,and,indeed,intheirfirstSundaywalkswasdisposedtospoillittleGeorgy,sadlygorgingtheboywithapplesandparliament,tothedetrimentofhishealthuntilAmeliadeclaredthatGeorgeshouldnevergooutwithhisgrandpapaunlessthelatterpromisedsolemnly,andonhishonour,nottogivethechildanycakes,lollipops,orstallproducewhatever.

           BetweenMrs.

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