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In Which the Reader Has to Double the Cape

           She’dbeworthyofyou,Majoryou’reaquietmanyourself,andwantsomeonetotalkforye.AndthoughshedoesnotcomeofsuchgoodbloodastheMalonysorMolloys,letmetellye,she’sofanancientfamilythatanynoblemanmightbeproudtomarryinto."

           ButbeforeshehadcometosucharesolutionanddeterminedtosubjugateMajorDobbinbyherendearments,itmustbeownedthatGlorvinahadpractisedthemagooddealelsewhere.ShehadhadaseasoninDublin,andwhoknowshowmanyinCork,Killarney,andMallow?Shehadflirtedwithallthemarriageableofficerswhomthedepotsofhercountryafforded,andallthebachelorsquireswhoseemedeligible.Shehadbeenengagedtobemarriedahalf-scoretimesinIreland,besidestheclergymanatBathwhousedhersoill.ShehadflirtedallthewaytoMadraswiththeCaptainandchiefmateoftheRamchunderEastIndiaman,andhadaseasonatthePresidencywithherbrotherandMrs.O’Dowd,whowasstayingthere,whiletheMajoroftheregimentwasincommandatthestation.Everybodyadmiredherthere;everybodydancedwithher;butnooneproposedwhowasworththemarryingoneortwoexceedinglyyoungsubalternssighedafterher,andabeardlesscivilianortwo,butsherejectedtheseasbeneathherpretensionsandotherandyoungervirginsthanGlorvinaweremarriedbeforeher.Therearewomen,andhandsomewomentoo,whohavethisfortuneinlife.

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