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Returns to the Genteel World

           Theservantswouldexplodeatdinnerifthelad,askingforsomethingwhichwasn’tattable,putonthatcountenanceandusedthatfavouritephrase.EvenDobbinwouldshootoutasuddenpealattheboy’smimicry.IfGeorgedidnotmimichisuncletohisface,itwasonlybyDobbin’srebukesandAmelia’sterrifiedentreatiesthatthelittlescapegracewasinducedtodesist.Andtheworthycivilianbeinghauntedbyadimconsciousnessthattheladthoughthimanass,andwasinclinedtoturnhimintoridicule,usedtobeextremelytimorousand,ofcourse,doublypompousanddignifiedinthepresenceofMasterGeorgy.WhenitwasannouncedthattheyounggentlemanwasexpectedinGillespieStreettodinewithhismother,Mr.JoscommonlyfoundthathehadanengagementattheClub.Perhapsnobodywasmuchgrievedathisabsence.OnthosedaysMr.Sedleywouldcommonlybeinducedtocomeoutfromhisplaceofrefugeintheupperstories,andtherewouldbeasmallfamilyparty,whereofMajorDobbinprettygenerallyformedone.HewastheamidelamaisonoldSedley’sfriend,Emmy’sfriend,Georgy’sfriend,Jos’scounselandadviser."HemightalmostaswellbeatMadrasforanythingWEseeofhim,"MissAnnDobbinremarkedatCamberwell.Ah!MissAnn,diditnotstrikeyouthatitwasnotYOUwhomtheMajorwantedtomarry?

           JosephSedleythenledalifeofdignifiedotiositysuchasbecameapersonofhiseminence.

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