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A Family in a Very Small Way

           

           AbouttheseexpensesoldOsbornehadnevergivenhimselfanytroubletothink,noranyotherrelativeofAmelia,norAmeliaherself,indeed.ShetrustedtoMajorDobbinasanaccountant,tookhissomewhatconfusedcalculationsforgranted,andneveroncesuspectedhowmuchshewasinhisdebt.

           Twiceorthriceintheyear,accordingtoherpromise,shewrotehimletterstoMadras,lettersallaboutlittleGeorgy.Howhetreasuredthesepapers!WheneverAmeliawroteheanswered,andnotuntilthen.Buthesentoverendlessremembrancesofhimselftohisgodsonandtoher.Heorderedandsentaboxofscarfsandagrandivorysetofchess-menfromChina.Thepawnswerelittlegreenandwhitemen,withrealswordsandshields;theknightswereonhorseback,thecastleswereonthebacksofelephants."Mrs.Mango’sownsetatthePinerieswasnotsofine,"Mr.Pestlerremarked.Thesechess-menwerethedelightofGeorgy’slife,whoprintedhisfirstletterinacknowledgementofthisgiftofhisgodpapa.Hesentoverpreservesandpickles,whichlattertheyounggentlemantriedsurreptitiouslyinthesideboardandhalf-killedhimselfwitheating.Hethoughtitwasajudgementuponhimforstealing,theyweresohot.EmmywroteacomicallittleaccountofthismishaptotheMajor:itpleasedhimtothinkthatherspiritswererallyingandthatshecouldbemerrysometimesnow.Hesentoverapairofshawls,awhiteoneforherandablackonewithpalm-leavesforhermother,andapairofredscarfs,aswinterwrappers,foroldMr.

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