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           Areyoucomingtofetchmeforthequadrille?"AndsheleftherbouquetandshawlbyAmelia’sside,andtrippedoffwithGeorgetodance.Womenonlyknowhowtowoundso.Thereisapoisononthetipsoftheirlittleshafts,whichstingsathousandtimesmorethanaman’sblunterweapon.OurpoorEmmy,whohadneverhated,neversneeredallherlife,waspowerlessinthehandsofherremorselesslittleenemy.

           GeorgedancedwithRebeccatwiceorthricehowmanytimesAmeliascarcelyknew.Shesatquiteunnoticedinhercorner,exceptwhenRawdoncameupwithsomewordsofclumsyconversation:andlaterintheevening,whenCaptainDobbinmadesoboldastobringherrefreshmentsandsitbesideher.Hedidnotliketoaskherwhyshewassosad;butasapretextforthetearswhichwerefillinginhereyes,shetoldhimthatMrs.CrawleyhadalarmedherbytellingherthatGeorgewouldgoonplaying.

           "Itiscurious,whenamanisbentuponplay,bywhatclumsyrogueshewillallowhimselftobecheated,"Dobbinsaid;andEmmysaid,"Indeed."Shewasthinkingofsomethingelse.Itwasnotthelossofthemoneythatgrievedher.

           AtlastGeorgecamebackforRebecca’sshawlandflowers.Shewasgoingaway.Shedidnotevencondescendtocomebackandsaygood-byetoAmelia.Thepoorgirlletherhusbandcomeandgowithoutsayingaword,andherheadfellonherbreast.

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