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The Old Piano

           Shekeptthemsecretfromherfather,whoseimprovidencewasthecauseofmuchofhermisery.Shehadtobearalltheblameofhismisdoings,andindeedwassoutterlygentleandhumbleastobemadebynatureforavictim.

           Ihopesheisnottosuffermuchmoreofthathardusage.And,asinallgriefsthereissaidtobesomeconsolation,ImaymentionthatpoorMary,whenleftatherfriend’sdepartureinahystericalcondition,wasplacedunderthemedicaltreatmentoftheyoungfellowfromthesurgery,underwhosecaresheralliedafterashortperiod.Emmy,whenshewentawayfromBrompton,endowedMarywitheveryarticleoffurniturethatthehousecontained,onlytakingawayherpictures(thetwopicturesoverthebed)andherpianothatlittleoldpianowhichhadnowpassedintoaplaintivejinglingoldage,butwhichshelovedforreasonsofherown.Shewasachildwhenfirstsheplayedonit,andherparentsgaveither.Ithadbeengiventoheragainsince,asthereadermayremember,whenherfather’shousewasgonetoruinandtheinstrumentwasrecoveredoutofthewreck.

           MajorDobbinwasexceedinglypleasedwhen,ashewassuperintendingthearrangementsofJos’snewhousewhichtheMajorinsistedshouldbeveryhandsomeandcomfortablethecartarrivedfromBrompton,bringingthetrunksandbandboxesoftheemigrantsfromthatvillage,andwiththemtheoldpiano.

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