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Sentimental and Otherwise

           Whentheybroughthercoffee,shestartedasthoughitwereacupofpoisonwhichMr.Hicks,thebutler,wishedtoproposetoher.Whatmysterywastherelurking?Oh,thosewomen!Theynurseandcuddletheirpresentiments,andmakedarlingsoftheirugliestthoughts,astheydooftheirdeformedchildren.

           ThegloomonthepaternalcountenancehadalsoimpressedGeorgeOsbornewithanxiety.Withsucheyebrows,andalooksodecidedlybilious,howwashetoextractthatmoneyfromthegovernor,ofwhichGeorgewasconsumedlyinwant?Hebeganpraisinghisfather’swine.Thatwasgenerallyasuccessfulmeansofcajolingtheoldgentleman.

           "WenevergotsuchMadeiraintheWestIndies,sir,asyours.ColonelHeavytoptookoffthreebottlesofthatyousentmedown,underhisbelttheotherday."

           "Didhe?"saidtheoldgentleman."Itstandsmeineightshillingsabottle."

           "Willyoutakesixguineasadozenforit,sir?"saidGeorge,withalaugh."There’soneofthegreatestmeninthekingdomwantssome."

           "Doeshe?"growledthesenior."Wishhemaygetit."

           "WhenGeneralDaguiletwasatChatham,sir,Heavytopgavehimabreakfast,andaskedmeforsomeofthewine.TheGenerallikeditjustaswellwantedapipefortheCommander-in-Chief.He’shisRoyalHighness’sright-handman.

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