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           Itisverylikelythatthisworthycoupleneverabsolutelyconspiredandagreedtogetherinsomanywords:theonetocajoletheyounggentleman,whilsttheotherwonhismoneyatcards:buttheyunderstoodeachotherperfectlywell,andRawdonletOsbornecomeandgowithentiregoodhumour.

           GeorgewassooccupiedwithhisnewacquaintancesthatheandWilliamDobbinwerebynomeanssomuchtogetherasformerly.Georgeavoidedhiminpublicandintheregiment,and,aswesee,didnotlikethosesermonswhichhisseniorwasdisposedtoinflictuponhim.IfsomepartsofhisconductmadeCaptainDobbinexceedinglygraveandcool;ofwhatusewasittotellGeorgethat,thoughhiswhiskerswerelarge,andhisownopinionofhisknowingnessgreat,hewasasgreenasaschoolboy?thatRawdonwasmakingavictimofhimashehaddoneofmanybefore,andassoonashehadusedhimwouldflinghimoffwithscorn?Hewouldnotlisten:andso,asDobbin,uponthosedayswhenhevisitedtheOsbornehouse,seldomhadtheadvantageofmeetinghisoldfriend,muchpainfulandunavailingtalkbetweenthemwasspared.OurfriendGeorgewasinthefullcareerofthepleasuresofVanityFair.

           Thereneverwas,sincethedaysofDarius,suchabrillianttrainofcamp-followersashungroundtheDukeofWellington’sarmyintheLowCountries,in1815;andleditdancingandfeasting,asitwere,uptotheverybrinkofbattle.AcertainballwhichanobleDuchessgaveatBrusselsonthe15thofJuneintheabove-namedyearishistorical.

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