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In Which All the Principal Personages Think Fit to Leave Brighton

           I’velostahundredandfortytoCrawleyatcardsandbilliardssinceI’vebeendownhere.Aprettymanagerofaman’smattersYOUare,forsooth."

           "There’snodenyingthatthepositionisahardone,"Dobbinreplied,afterreadingovertheletterwithablankcountenance;"andasyousay,itispartlyofmymaking.Therearesomemenwhowouldn’tmindchangingwithyou,"headded,withabittersmile."Howmanycaptainsintheregimenthavetwothousandpoundstothefore,thinkyou?Youmustliveonyourpaytillyourfatherrelents,andifyoudie,youleaveyourwifeahundredayear."

           "Doyousupposeamanofmyhabitscallliveonhispayandahundredayear?"Georgecriedoutingreatanger."Youmustbeafooltotalkso,Dobbin.HowthedeuceamItokeepupmypositionintheworlduponsuchapitifulpittance?Ican’tchangemyhabits.Imusthavemycomforts.Iwasn’tbroughtuponporridge,likeMacWhirter,oronpotatoes,likeoldO’Dowd.Doyouexpectmywifetotakeinsoldiers’washing,orrideaftertheregimentinabaggagewaggon?"

           "Well,well,"saidDobbin,stillgood-naturedly,"we’llgetherabetterconveyance.Buttryandrememberthatyouareonlyadethronedprincenow,George,myboy;andbequietwhilstthetempestlasts.Itwon’tbeforlong.LetyournamebementionedintheGazette,andI’llengagetheoldfatherrelentstowardsyou:"

           "MentionedintheGazette!"Georgeanswered.

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