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           Thomson;EnsignsHicksandGrady;thebandonthepierplayingthenationalanthem,andthecrowdloudlycheeringthegallantveteransastheywentintoWayte’shotel,whereasumptuousbanquetwasprovidedforthedefendersofOldEngland.Duringtherepast,whichweneednotsaywasservedupinWayte’sbeststyle,thecheeringcontinuedsoenthusiasticallythatLadyO’DowdandtheColonelcameforwardtothebalconyanddrankthehealthsoftheirfellow-countrymeninabumperofWayte’sbestclaret."

           OnasecondoccasionJosreadabriefannouncementMajorDobbinhadjoinedthethregimentatChatham;andsubsequentlyhepromulgatedaccountsofthepresentationsattheDrawing-roomofColonelSirMichaelO’Dowd,K.C.B.,LadyO’Dowd(byMrs.MalloyMalonyofBallymalony),andMissGlorvinaO’Dowd(byLadyO’Dowd).Almostdirectlyafterthis,Dobbin’snameappearedamongtheLieutenant-Colonels:foroldMarshalTiptoffhaddiedduringthepassageofthethfromMadras,andtheSovereignwaspleasedtoadvanceColonelSirMichaelO’DowdtotherankofMajor-GeneralonhisreturntoEngland,withanintimationthatheshouldbeColonelofthedistinguishedregimentwhichhehadsolongcommanded.

           Ameliahadbeenmadeawareofsomeofthesemovements.

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