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Georgy is Made a Gentleman

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           Theanticsoftheladdidnot,however,delightMr.Osborne’sfriendssomuchastheypleasedtheoldgentleman.ItgaveMr.JusticeCoffinnopleasuretohearGeorgycutintotheconversationandspoilhisstories.ColonelFogeywasnotinterestedinseeingthelittleboyhalftipsy.Mr.SergeantToffy’sladyfeltnoparticulargratitude,when,withatwistofhiselbow,hetiltedaglassofport-wineoverheryellowsatinandlaughedatthedisaster;norwasshebetterpleased,althougholdOsbornewashighlydelighted,whenGeorgy"whopped"herthirdboy(ayounggentlemanayearolderthanGeorgy,andbychancehomefortheholidaysfromDr.Tickleus’satEalingSchool)inRussellSquare.George’sgrandfathergavetheboyacoupleofsovereignsforthatfeatandpromisedtorewardhimfurtherforeveryboyabovehisownsizeandagewhomhewhoppedinasimilarmanner.Itisdifficulttosaywhatgoodtheoldmansawinthesecombats;hehadavaguenotionthatquarrellingmadeboyshardy,andthattyrannywasausefulaccomplishmentforthemtolearn.Englishyouthhavebeensoeducatedtimeoutofmind,andwehavehundredsofthousandsofapologistsandadmirersofinjustice,misery,andbrutality,asperpetratedamongchildren.FlushedwithpraiseandvictoryoverMasterToffy,Georgewishednaturallytopursuehisconquestsfurther,andonedayashewasstruttingaboutinprodigiouslydandifiednewclothes,nearSt.

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