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In Which Two Lights are Put Out

           

           WhenoldOsbornefirstheardfromhisfriendColonelBuckler(aslittleGeorgyhadalreadyinformedus)howdistinguishedanofficerMajorDobbinwas,heexhibitedagreatdealofscornfulincredulityandexpressedhissurprisehoweversuchafellerasthatshouldpossesseitherbrainsorreputation.ButheheardoftheMajor’sfamefromvariousmembersofhissociety.SirWilliamDobbinhadagreatopinionofhissonandnarratedmanystoriesillustrativeoftheMajor’slearning,valour,andestimationintheworld’sopinion.Finally,hisnameappearedinthelistsofoneortwogreatpartiesofthenobility,andthiscircumstancehadaprodigiouseffectupontheoldaristocratofRussellSquare.

           TheMajor’sposition,asguardiantoGeorgy,whosepossessionhadbeencededtohisgrandfather,renderedsomemeetingsbetweenthetwogentlemeninevitable;anditwasinoneofthesethatoldOsborne,akeenmanofbusiness,lookingintotheMajor’saccountswithhiswardandtheboy’smother,gotahint,whichstaggeredhimverymuch,andatoncepainedandpleasedhim,thatitwasoutofWilliamDobbin’sownpocketthatapartofthefundhadbeensupplieduponwhichthepoorwidowandthechildhadsubsisted.

           Whenpresseduponthepoint,Dobbin,whocouldnottelllies,blushedandstammeredagooddealandfinallyconfessed."Themarriage,"hesaid(atwhichhisinterlocutor’sfacegrewdark)"wasverymuchmydoing.

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