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           WhatcouldtheMajormean,Mamma?"

           "Major!don’tcallhimMajor!"Emmysaid."I’msureIcan’ttellwhathemeant."Hispresenceandthatofhisfriendinspiredthelittleladywithintolerableterrorandaversion.Theypaidhertipsycompliments;theyleeredatheroverthedinner-table.AndtheCaptainmadeheradvancesthatfilledherwithsickeningdismay,norwouldsheeverseehimunlessshehadGeorgebyherside.

           Rebecca,todoherjustice,neverwouldleteitherofthesemenremainalonewithAmelia;theMajorwasdisengagedtoo,andsworehewouldbethewinnerofher.Acoupleofruffianswerefightingforthisinnocentcreature,gamblingforheratherowntable,andthoughshewasnotawareoftherascals’designsuponher,yetshefeltahorroranduneasinessintheirpresenceandlongedtofly.

           Shebesought,sheentreatedJostogo.Nothe.Hewasslowofmovement,tiedtohisDoctor,andperhapstosomeotherleading-strings.AtleastBeckywasnotanxioustogotoEngland.

           Atlastshetookagreatresolutionmadethegreatplunge.Shewroteoffalettertoafriendwhomshehadontheothersideofthewater,aletteraboutwhichshedidnotspeakawordtoanybody,whichshecarriedherselftothepostunderhershawl;norwasanyremarkmadeaboutit,onlythatshelookedverymuchflushedandagitatedwhenGeorgymether,andshekissedhim,andhungoverhimagreatdealthatnight.Shedidnotcomeoutofherroomafterherreturnfromherwalk.

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