Which Treats of the Osborne Family

           Considerabletimehaselapsedsincewehaveseenourrespectablefriend,oldMr.OsborneofRussellSquare.Hehasnotbeenthehappiestofmortalssincelastwemethim.Eventshaveoccurredwhichhavenotimprovedhistemper,andinmoreinstancesthanonehehasnotbeenallowedtohavehisownway.Tobethwartedinthisreasonabledesirewasalwaysveryinjurioustotheoldgentleman;andresistancebecamedoublyexasperatingwhengout,age,loneliness,andtheforceofmanydisappointmentscombinedtoweighhimdown.Hisstiffblackhairbegantogrowquitewhitesoonafterhisson’sdeath;his-facegrewredder;hishandstrembledmoreandmoreashepouredouthisglassofportwine.HeledhisclerksadirelifeintheCity:hisfamilyathomewerenotmuchhappier.IdoubtifRebecca,whomwehaveseenpiouslyprayingforConsols,wouldhaveexchangedherpovertyandthedare-devilexcitementandchancesofherlifeforOsborne’smoneyandthehumdrumgloomwhichenvelopedhim.HehadproposedforMissSwartz,buthadbeenrejectedscornfullybythepartisansofthatlady,whomarriedhertoayoungsprigofScotchnobility.Hewasamantohavemarriedawomanoutoflowlifeandbulliedherdreadfullyafterwards;butnopersonpresentedherselfsuitabletohistaste,and,instead,hetyrannizedoverhisunmarrieddaughter,athome.Shehadafinecarriageandfinehorsesandsatattheheadofatableloadedwiththegrandestplate.

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