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Which Treats of the Osborne Family

           MangoandLadyMaryMangowerethere,withthedearyoungGwendolineandGuineverMangoasbridesmaids;ColonelBludyeroftheDragoonGuards(eldestsonofthehouseofBludyerBrothers,MincingLane),anothercousinofthebridegroom,andtheHonourableMrs.Bludyer;theHonourableGeorgeBoulter,LordLevant’sson,andhislady,MissMangothatwas;LordViscountCastletoddy;HonourableJamesMcMullandMrs.McMull(formerlyMissSwartz);andahostoffashionables,whohaveallmarriedintoLombardStreetanddoneagreatdealtoennobleCornhill.

           TheyoungcouplehadahousenearBerkeleySquareandasmallvillaatRoehampton,amongthebankingcolonythere.Fredwasconsideredtohavemaderatheramesalliancebytheladiesofhisfamily,whosegrandfatherhadbeeninaCharitySchool,andwhowerealliedthroughthehusbandswithsomeofthebestbloodinEngland.AndMariawasbound,bysuperiorprideandgreatcareinthecompositionofhervisiting-book,tomakeupforthedefectsofbirth,andfeltitherdutytoseeherfatherandsisteraslittleaspossible.

           Thatsheshouldutterlybreakwiththeoldman,whohadstillsomanyscoresofthousandpoundstogiveaway,isabsurdtosuppose.FredBullockwouldneverallowhertodothat.

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