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In Which the Reader Has to Double the Cape

           SheabruptlyputaterminationtoaflirtationwhichLieutenantStubbleoftheregimenthadcommencedwiththeSurgeon’swife,threateningtocomedownuponStubbleforthemoneywhichhehadborrowedfromher(fortheyoungfellowwasstillofanextravagantturn)unlesshebrokeoffatonceandwenttotheCapeonsickleave.Ontheotherhand,shehousedandshelteredMrs.Posky,whofledfromherbungalowonenight,pursuedbyherinfuriatehusband,wieldinghissecondbrandybottle,andactuallycarriedPoskythroughthedeliriumtremensandbrokehimofthehabitofdrinking,whichhadgrownuponthatofficer,asallevilhabitswillgrowuponmen.Inaword,inadversityshewasthebestofcomforters,ingoodfortunethemosttroublesomeoffriends,havingaperfectlygoodopinionofherselfalwaysandanindomitableresolutiontohaveherownway.

           Amongotherpoints,shehadmadeuphermindthatGlorvinashouldmarryouroldfriendDobbin.Mrs.O’DowdknewtheMajor’sexpectationsandappreciatedhisgoodqualitiesandthehighcharacterwhichheenjoyedinhisprofession.Glorvina,averyhandsome,fresh-coloured,black-haired,blue-eyedyounglady,whocouldrideahorse,orplayasonatawithanygirloutoftheCountyCork,seemedtobetheverypersondestinedtoinsureDobbin’shappinessmuchmorethanthatpoorgoodlittleweak-spur’tedAmelia,aboutwhomheusedtotakeonso.—"LookatGlorvinaenteraroom,"Mrs.O’Dowdwouldsay,"andcompareherwiththatpoorMrs.Osborne,whocouldn’tsaybootoagoose.

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