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In Which the Reader Has to Double the Cape

           AndtheColonel,puffinghispipeandlisteningtothesecomplaints,wouldsuggestthatGloryshouldhavesomeblackfrocksoutinthenextboxfromLondon,andtoldamysteriousstoryofaladyinIrelandwhodiedofgriefforthelossofherhusbandbeforeshegotereaone.

           WhiletheMajorwasgoingoninthistantalizingway,notproposing,anddecliningtofallinlove,therecameanothershipfromEuropebringinglettersonboard,andamongstthemsomemorefortheheartlessman.Thesewerehomelettersbearinganearlierpostmarkthanthatoftheformerpackets,andasMajorDobbinrecognizedamonghisthehandwritingofhissister,whoalwayscrossedandrecrossedherletterstoherbrothergatheredtogetherallthepossiblebadnewswhichshecouldcollect,abusedhimandreadhimlectureswithsisterlyfrankness,andalwayslefthimmiserableforthedayafter"dearestWilliam"hadachievedtheperusalofoneofherepistlesthetruthmustbetoldthatdearestWilliamdidnothurryhimselftobreakthesealofMissDobbin’sletter,butwaitedforaparticularlyfavourabledayandmoodfordoingso.Afortnightbefore,moreover,hehadwrittentoscoldherfortellingthoseabsurdstoriestoMrs.Osborne,andhaddespatchedaletterinreplytothatlady,undeceivingherwithrespecttothereportsconcerninghimandassuringherthat"hehadnosortofpresentintentionofalteringhiscondition.

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