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Georgy is Made a Gentleman

           TherewasonlyAmeliatostandbyandsupportwithhergentlearmsthetottering,heart-brokenoldman.Wearenotgoingtowritethehistory:itwouldbetoodrearyandstupid.IcanseeVanityFairyawningoveritd’avance.

           OnedayastheyounggentlemenwereassembledinthestudyattheRev.Mr.Veal’s,andthedomesticchaplaintotheRightHonourabletheEarlofBareacreswasspoutingawayasusual,asmartcarriagedroveuptothedoordecoratedwiththestatueofAthene,andtwogentlemensteppedout.TheyoungMastersBanglesrushedtothewindowwithavaguenotionthattheirfathermighthavearrivedfromBombay.Thegreathulkingscholarofthree-and-twenty,whowascryingsecretlyoverapassageofEutropius,flattenedhisneglectednoseagainstthepanesandlookedatthedrag,asthelaquaisdeplacesprangfromtheboxandletoutthepersonsinthecarriage.

           "It’safatoneandathinone,"Mr.Blucksaidasathunderingknockcametothedoor.

           Everybodywasinterested,fromthedomesticchaplainhimself,whohopedhesawthefathersofsomefuturepupils,downtoMasterGeorgy,gladofanypretextforlayinghisbookdown.

           Theboyintheshabbyliverywiththefadedcopperbuttons,whoalwaysthrusthimselfintothetightcoattoopenthedoor,cameintothestudyandsaid,"TwogentlemenwanttoseeMasterOsborne

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