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Georgy is Made a Gentleman

           Thelittlepairlookedsowelltogether,shewouldsay(butnottothefolksin"theSquare,"wemaybesure)"whoknowswhatmighthappen?Don’ttheymakeaprettylittlecouple?"thefondmotherthought.

           Thebroken-spirited,old,maternalgrandfatherwaslikewisesubjecttothelittletyrant.Hecouldnothelprespectingaladwhohadsuchfineclothesandrodewithagroombehindhim.Georgy,onhisside,wasintheconstanthabitofhearingcoarseabuseandvulgarsatirelevelledatJohnSedleybyhispitilessoldenemy,Mr.Osborne.Osborneusedtocalltheothertheoldpauper,theoldcoal-man,theoldbankrupt,andbymanyothersuchnamesofbrutalcontumely.HowwaslittleGeorgetorespectamansoprostrate?Afewmonthsafterhewaswithhispaternalgrandfather,Mrs.Sedleydied.Therehadbeenlittlelovebetweenherandthechild.Hedidnotcaretoshowmuchgrief.Hecamedowntovisithismotherinafinenewsuitofmourning,andwasveryangrythathecouldnotgotoaplayuponwhichhehadsethisheart.

           TheillnessofthatoldladyhadbeentheoccupationandperhapsthesafeguardofAmelia.Whatdomenknowaboutwomen’smartyrdoms?Weshouldgomadhadwetoendurethehundredthpartofthosedailypainswhicharemeeklybornebymanywomen.

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