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Which Treats of the Osborne Family

           Osbornecamebacktohisdinner,whichheandhisdaughtertookinsilence(seldombroken,exceptwhenhesworeandwassavage,ifthecookingwasnottohisliking),orwhichtheysharedtwiceinamonthwithapartyofdismalfriendsofOsborne’srankandage.OldDr.GulpandhisladyfromBloomsburySquare;oldMr.Frowser,theattorney,fromBedfordRow,averygreatman,andfromhisbusiness,hand-in-glovewiththe"nobsattheWestEnd";oldColonelLivermore,oftheBombayArmy,andMrs.Livermore,fromUpperBedfordPlace;oldSergeantToffyandMrs.Toffy;andsometimesoldSirThomasCoffinandLadyCoffin,fromBedfordSquare.SirThomaswascelebratedasahangingjudge,andtheparticulartawnyportwasproducedwhenhedinedwithMr.Osborne.

           ThesepeopleandtheirlikegavethepompousRussellSquaremerchantpompousdinnersbackagain.Theyhadsolemnrubbersofwhist,whentheywentupstairsafterdrinking,andtheircarriageswerecalledathalfpastten.Manyrichpeople,whomwepoordevilsareinthehabitofenvying,leadcontentedlyanexistencelikethatabovedescribed.JaneOsbornescarcelyevermetamanundersixty,andalmosttheonlybachelorwhoappearedintheirsocietywasMr.Smirk,thecelebratedladies’doctor.

           Ican’tsaythatnothinghadoccurredtodisturbthemonotonyofthisawfulexistence:thefactis,therehadbeenasecretinpoorJane’slifewhichhadmadeherfathermoresavageandmorosethanevennature,pride,andover-feedinghadmadehim.

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