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In Which the Reader Has to Double the Cape

           Theyfallinlovewiththeutmostgenerosity;theyrideandwalkwithhalftheArmy-list,thoughtheydrawneartoforty,andyettheMissesO’GradyaretheMissesO’Gradystill:GlorvinapersistedthatbutforLadyO’Dowd’sunluckyquarrelwiththeJudge’slady,shewouldhavemadeagoodmatchatMadras,whereoldMr.Chutney,whowasattheheadofthecivilservice(andwhoafterwardsmarriedMissDolby,ayoungladyonlythirteenyearsofagewhohadjustarrivedfromschoolinEurope),wasjustatthepointofproposingtoher.

           Well,althoughLadyO’DowdandGlorvinaquarrelledagreatnumberoftimeseveryday,anduponalmosteveryconceivablesubjectindeed,ifMickO’Dowdhadnotpossessedthetemperofanangeltwosuchwomenconstantlyabouthisearswouldhavedrivenhimoutofhissensesyettheyagreedbetweenthemselvesonthispoint,thatGlorvinashouldmarryMajorDobbin,andweredeterminedthattheMajorshouldhavenorestuntilthearrangementwasbroughtabout.Undismayedbyfortyorfiftypreviousdefeats,Glorvinalaidsiegetohim.ShesangIrishmelodiesathimunceasingly.Sheaskedhimsofrequentlyandpathetically,Willyecometothebower?thatitisawonderhowanymanoffeelingcouldhaveresistedtheinvitation.Shewasnevertiredofinquiring,ifSorrowhadhisyoungdaysfaded,andwasreadytolistenandweeplikeDesdemonaatthestoriesofhisdangersandhiscampaigns.

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