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In Which Mr. Osborne Takes Down the Family Bible

           Theboywasscarcelyeverknowntocryunderthepunishment;thepoorwomanusedtofondleandkisshimsecretly,andgivehimmoneytosoothehimwhenhecameout.

           Therewasapictureofthefamilyoverthemantelpiece,removedthitherfromthefrontroomafterMrs.Osborne’sdeathGeorgewasonapony,theeldersisterholdinghimupabunchofflowers;theyoungerledbyhermother’shand;allwithredcheeksandlargeredmouths,simperingoneachotherintheapprovedfamily-portraitmanner.Themotherlayundergroundnow,longsinceforgottenthesistersandbrotherhadahundreddifferentinterestsoftheirown,and,familiarstill,wereutterlyestrangedfromeachother.Somefewscoreofyearsafterwards,whenallthepartiesrepresentedaregrownold,whatbittersatirethereisinthoseflauntingchildishfamily-portraits,withtheirfarceofsentimentandsmilinglies,andinnocencesoself-consciousandself-satisfied.Osborne’sownstateportrait,withthatofhisgreatsilverinkstandandarm-chair,hadtakentheplaceofhonourinthedining-room,vacatedbythefamily-piece.

           TothisstudyoldOsborneretiredthen,greatlytothereliefofthesmallpartywhomheleft.Whentheservantshadwithdrawn,theybegantotalkforawhilevolublybutverylow;thentheywentupstairsquietly,Mr.Bullockaccompanyingthemstealthilyonhiscreakingshoes.Hehadnohearttositalonedrinkingwine,andsoclosetotheterribleoldgentlemaninthestudyhardathand.

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