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In Which Mr. Osborne Takes Down the Family Bible

           Manyageneralinthearmycouldn’tridethehorseshehad!Hehadthechildbeforehiseyes,onahundreddifferentdayswhenherememberedGeorgeafterdinner,whenheusedtocomeinasboldasalordanddrinkoffhisglassbyhisfather’sside,attheheadofthetable—ontheponyatBrighton,whenheclearedthehedgeandkeptupwiththehuntsman—onthedaywhenhewaspresentedtothePrinceRegentatthelevee,whenallSaintJames’scouldn’tproduceafineryoungfellow.Andthis,thiswastheendofall!—tomarryabankruptandflyinthefaceofdutyandfortune!Whathumiliationandfury:whatpangsofsickeningrage,balkedambitionandlove;whatwoundsofoutragedvanity,tendernesseven,hadthisoldworldlingnowtosufferunder!

           Havingexaminedthesepapers,andponderedoverthisoneandtheother,inthatbitterestofallhelplesswoe,withwhichmiserablementhinkofhappypasttimes—George’sfathertookthewholeofthedocumentsoutofthedrawerinwhichhehadkeptthemsolong,andlockedthemintoawriting-box,whichhetied,andsealedwithhisseal.Thenheopenedthebook-case,andtookdownthegreatredBiblewehavespokenofapompousbook,seldomlookedat,andshiningalloverwithgold.Therewasafrontispiecetothevolume,representingAbrahamsacrificingIsaac.Here,accordingtocustom,Osbornehadrecordedonthefly-leaf,andinhislargeclerk-likehand,thedatesofhismarriageandhiswife’sdeath,andthebirthsandChristiannamesofhischildren.

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