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Georgy is Made a Gentleman

           ThosewhorememberedtheCaptainhisfather,declaredMasterGeorgewashisPa,everyinchofhim.Hemadethehouselivelybyhisactivity,hisimperiousness,hisscolding,andhisgood-nature.

           George’seducationwasconfidedtoaneighbouringscholarandprivatepedagoguewho"preparedyoungnoblemenandgentlemenfortheUniversities,thesenate,andthelearnedprofessions:whosesystemdidnotembracethedegradingcorporalseveritiesstillpractisedattheancientplacesofeducation,andinwhosefamilythepupilswouldfindtheelegancesofrefinedsocietyandtheconfidenceandaffectionofahome."ItwasinthiswaythattheReverendLawrenceVealofHartStreet,Bloomsbury,anddomesticChaplaintotheEarlofBareacres,strovewithMrs.Vealhiswifetoenticepupils.

           Bythusadvertisingandpushingsedulously,thedomesticChaplainandhisLadygenerallysucceededinhavingoneortwoscholarsbythemwhopaidahighfigureandwerethoughttobeinuncommonlycomfortablequarters.TherewasalargeWestIndian,whomnobodycametosee,withamahoganycomplexion,awoollyhead,andanexceedinglydandyfiedappearance;therewasanotherhulkingboyofthree-and-twentywhoseeducationhadbeenneglectedandwhomMr.andMrs.Vealweretointroduceintothepoliteworld;thereweretwosonsofColonelBanglesoftheEastIndiaCompany’sService:thesefoursatdowntodinneratMrs.Veal’sgenteelboard,whenGeorgywasintroducedtoherestablishment.

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