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Quite a Sentimental Chapter

           "Deargirl!whocancalculatethedepthofaffectionexpressedinthatenthusiasticSO?

           MissWirtandthesetwoaffectionateyoungwomensoearnestlyandfrequentlyimpresseduponGeorgeOsborne’smindtheenormityofthesacrificehewasmaking,andhisromanticgenerosityinthrowinghimselfawayuponAmelia,thatI’mnotsurebutthathereallythoughthewasoneofthemostdeservingcharactersintheBritisharmy,andgavehimselfuptobelovedwithagooddealofeasyresignation.

           Somehow,althoughhelefthomeeverymorning,aswasstated,anddinedabroadsixdaysintheweek,whenhissistersbelievedtheinfatuatedyouthtobeatMissSedley’sapron-strings:hewasNOTalwayswithAmelia,whilsttheworldsupposedhimatherfeet.Certainitisthatonmoreoccasionsthanone,whenCaptainDobbincalledtolookforhisfriend,MissOsborne(whowasveryattentivetotheCaptain,andanxioustohearhismilitarystories,andtoknowaboutthehealthofhisdearMamma),wouldlaughinglypointtotheoppositesideofthesquare,andsay,"Oh,youmustgototheSedleys’toaskforGeorge;WEneverseehimfrommorningtillnight."AtwhichkindofspeechtheCaptainwouldlaughinratheranabsurdconstrainedmanner,andturnofftheconversation,likeaconsummatemanoftheworld,tosometopicofgeneralinterest,suchastheOpera,thePrince’slastballatCarltonHouse,ortheweatherthatblessingtosociety.

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