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In Which the Reader Has to Double the Cape

           Ithasbeensaidthatourhonestanddearoldfriendusedtoperformonthefluteinprivate;Glorvinainsisteduponhavingduetswithhim,andLadyO’Dowdwouldriseandartlesslyquittheroomwhentheyoungcoupleweresoengaged.GlorvinaforcedtheMajortoridewithherofmornings.Thewholecantonmentsawthemsetoutandreturn.Shewasconstantlywritingnotesovertohimathishouse,borrowinghisbooks,andscoringwithhergreatpencil-markssuchpassagesofsentimentorhumourasawakenedhersympathy.Sheborrowedhishorses,hisservants,hisspoons,andpalanquinnowonderthatpublicrumourassignedhertohim,andthattheMajor’ssistersinEnglandshouldfancytheywereabouttohaveasister-in-law.

           Dobbin,whowasthusvigorouslybesieged,wasinthemeanwhileinastateofthemostodioustranquillity.HeusedtolaughwhentheyoungfellowsoftheregimentjokedhimaboutGlorvina’smanifestattentionstohim."Bah!"saidhe,"sheisonlykeepingherhandinshepractisesuponmeasshedoesuponMrs.Tozer’spiano,becauseit’sthemosthandyinstrumentinthestation.IammuchtoobatteredandoldforsuchafineyoungladyasGlorvina.

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