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A Family in a Very Small Way

           Dobbin’sstammering,blushing,andawkwardnessaddedtotheother’sconvictionsthathehadaroguetodealwith,andinamajestictonehetoldthatofficerapieceofhismind,ashecalledit,simplystatinghisbeliefthattheMajorwasunlawfullydetaininghislateson-in-law’smoney.

           Dobbinatthislostallpatience,andifhisaccuserhadnotbeensooldandsobroken,aquarrelmighthaveensuedbetweenthemattheSlaughters’Coffee-house,inaboxofwhichplaceofentertainmentthegentlemenhadtheircolloquy."Comeupstairs,sir,"lispedouttheMajor."Iinsistonyourcomingupthestairs,andIwillshowwhichistheinjuredparty,poorGeorgeorI";and,draggingtheoldgentlemanuptohisbedroom,heproducedfromhisdeskOsborne’saccounts,andabundleofIOU’swhichthelatterhadgiven,who,todohimjustice,wasalwaysreadytogiveanIOU."HepaidhisbillsinEngland,"Dobbinadded,"buthehadnotahundredpoundsintheworldwhenhefell.Iandoneortwoofhisbrotherofficersmadeupthelittlesum,whichwasallthatwecouldspare,andyoudaretellusthatwearetryingtocheatthewidowandtheorphan."Sedleywasverycontriteandhumbled,thoughthefactisthatWilliamDobbinhadtoldagreatfalsehoodtotheoldgentleman;havinghimselfgiveneveryshillingofthemoney,havingburiedhisfriend,andpaidallthefeesandchargesincidentuponthecalamityandremovalofpoorAmelia.

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