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Vauxhall

           SalmonperformedtheBattleofBorodino(asavagecantataagainsttheCorsicanupstart,whohadlatelymetwithhisRussianreverses)—Mr.Dobbintriedtohumitashewalkedaway,andfoundhewashummingthetunewhichAmeliaSedleysangonthestairs,asshecamedowntodinner.

           Heburstoutlaughingathimself;forthetruthis,hecouldsingnobetterthananowl.

           Itistobeunderstood,asamatterofcourse,thatouryoungpeople,beinginpartiesoftwoandtwo,madethemostsolemnpromisestokeeptogetherduringtheevening,andseparatedintenminutesafterwards.PartiesatVauxhallalwaysdidseparate,but’twasonlytomeetagainatsupper-time,whentheycouldtalkoftheirmutualadventuresintheinterval.

           WhatweretheadventuresofMr.OsborneandMissAmelia?Thatisasecret.Butbesureofthistheywereperfectlyhappy,andcorrectintheirbehaviour;andastheyhadbeeninthehabitofbeingtogetheranytimethesefifteenyears,theirtete-a-teteofferednoparticularnovelty.

           ButwhenMissRebeccaSharpandherstoutcompanionlostthemselvesinasolitarywalk,inwhichtherewerenotabovefivescoremoreofcouplessimilarlystraying,theybothfeltthatthesituationwasextremelytenderandcritical,andnoworneverwasthemomentMissSharpthought,toprovokethatdeclarationwhichwastremblingonthetimidlipsofMr.Sedley.

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