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A Family in a Very Small Way

           Towashanddressthisyounggentleman—totakehimforarunofthemornings,beforebreakfast,andtheretreatofgrandpapafor"business"—tomakeforhimthemostwonderfulandingeniousdresses,forwhichendthethriftywidowcutupandalteredeveryavailablelittlebitoffinerywhichshepossessedoutofherwardrobeduringhermarriage—forMrs.Osborneherself(greatlytohermother’svexation,whopreferredfineclothes,especiallysincehermisfortunes)alwaysworeablackgownandastrawbonnetwithablackribbon—occupiedhermanyhoursoftheday.Othersshehadtospare,attheserviceofhermotherandheroldfather.Shehadtakenthepainstolearn,andusedtoplaycribbagewiththisgentlemanonthenightswhenhedidnotgotohisclub.Shesangforhimwhenhewassominded,anditwasagoodsign,forheinvariablyfellintoacomfortablesleepduringthemusic.Shewroteouthisnumerousmemorials,letters,prospectuses,andprojects.Itwasinherhandwritingthatmostoftheoldgentleman’sformeracquaintanceswereinformedthathehadbecomeanagentfortheBlackDiamondandAnti-CinderCoalCompanyandcouldsupplyhisfriendsandthepublicwiththebestcoalsat—s.perchaldron.Allhedidwastosignthecircularswithhisflourishandsignature,anddirecttheminashaky,clerklikehand.OneofthesepaperswassenttoMajorDobbin—Regt.,careofMessrs.CoxandGreenwood;buttheMajorbeinginMadrasatthetime,hadnoparticularcallforcoals.Heknew,though,thehandwhichhadwrittentheprospectus.

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