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In Which All the Principal Personages Think Fit to Leave Brighton

           "Itwasnotquiteconvenient,butneverthelessGeorgegavehimaconsiderablepresentinstalmentinbank-notesfromhispocket-book,andabillonhisagentsataweek’sdate,fortheremainingsum.

           Thismatterarranged,George,andJos,andDobbin,heldacouncilofwarovertheircigars,andagreedthatageneralmoveshouldbemadeforLondoninJos’sopencarriagethenextday.Jos,Ithink,wouldhavepreferredstayinguntilRawdonCrawleyquittedBrighton,butDobbinandGeorgeoverruledhim,andheagreedtocarrythepartytotown,andorderedfourhorses,asbecamehisdignity.Withthesetheysetoffinstate,afterbreakfast,thenextday.Ameliahadrisenveryearlyinthemorning,andpackedherlittletrunkswiththegreatestalacrity,whileOsbornelayinbeddeploringthatshehadnotamaidtohelpher.Shewasonlytooglad,however,toperformthisofficeforherself.AdimuneasysentimentaboutRebeccafilledhermindalready;andalthoughtheykissedeachothermosttenderlyatparting,yetweknowwhatjealousyis;andMrs.Ameliapossessedthatamongothervirtuesofhersex.

           Besidesthesecharacterswhoarecomingandgoingaway,wemustrememberthatthereweresomeotheroldfriendsofoursatBrighton;MissCrawley,namely,andthesuiteinattendanceuponher.Now,althoughRebeccaandherhusbandwerebutatafewstones’throwofthelodgingswhichtheinvalidMissCrawleyoccupied,theoldlady’sdoorremainedaspitilesslyclosedtothemasithadbeenheretoforeinLondon.

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