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A Family in a Very Small Way

           Jos,whowouldnomorehaveitsupposedthathisfather,JosSedley’sfather,oftheBoardofRevenue,wasawinemerchantaskingfororders,thanthathewasJackKetch,refusedthebillswithscorn,wrotebackcontumeliouslytotheoldgentleman,biddinghimtomindhisownaffairs;andtheprotestedpapercomingback,SedleyandCo.hadtotakeitup,withtheprofitswhichtheyhadmadeoutoftheMadrasventure,andwithalittleportionofEmmy’ssavings.

           Besidesherpensionoffiftypoundsayear,therehadbeenfivehundredpounds,asherhusband’sexecutorstated,leftintheagent’shandsatthetimeofOsborne’sdemise,whichsum,asGeorge’sguardian,Dobbinproposedtoputoutat8percentinanIndianhouseofagency.Mr.Sedley,whothoughttheMajorhadsomeroguishintentionsofhisownaboutthemoney,wasstronglyagainstthisplan;andhewenttotheagentstoprotestpersonallyagainsttheemploymentofthemoneyinquestion,whenhelearned,tohissurprise,thattherehadbeennosuchsumintheirhands,thatallthelateCaptain’sassetsdidnotamounttoahundredpounds,andthatthefivehundredpoundsinquestionmustbeaseparatesum,ofwhichMajorDobbinknewtheparticulars.Morethaneverconvincedthattherewassomeroguery,oldSedleypursuedtheMajor.Ashisdaughter’snearestfriend,hedemandedwithahighhandastatementofthelateCaptain’saccounts.

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