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In Which the Reader Has to Double the Cape

           Shecurledherhairandshowedhershouldersathim,asmuchastosay,didyeeverseesuchjetringletsandsuchacomplexion?Shegrinnedathimsothathemightseethateverytoothinherheadwassoundandheneverheededallthesecharms.Verysoonafterthearrivaloftheboxofmillinery,andperhapsindeedinhonourofit,LadyO’DowdandtheladiesoftheKing’sRegimentgaveaballtotheCompany’sRegimentsandtheciviliansatthestation.Glorvinasportedthekillingpinkfrock,andtheMajor,whoattendedthepartyandwalkedveryruefullyupanddowntherooms,neversomuchasperceivedthepinkgarment.Glorvinadancedpasthiminafurywithalltheyoungsubalternsofthestation,andtheMajorwasnotintheleastjealousofherperformance,orangrybecauseCaptainBanglesoftheCavalryhandedhertosupper.Itwasnotjealousy,orfrocks,orshouldersthatcouldmovehim,andGlorvinahadnothingmore.

           SothesetwowereeachexemplifyingtheVanityofthislife,andeachlongingforwhatheorshecouldnotget.Glorvinacriedwithrageatthefailure.ShehadsethermindontheMajor"morethanonanyoftheothers,"sheowned,sobbing."He’llbreakmyheart,hewill,Peggy,"shewouldwhimpertohersister-in-lawwhentheyweregoodfriends;"sureeveryoneofmefrocksmustbetakeninit’ssuchaskeletonI’mgrowing."Fatorthin,laughingormelancholy,onhorsebackorthemusic-stool,itwasallthesametotheMajor.

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