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Osborne
was
just
on
the
point
of
knocking
down
a
gentleman
in
top-boots
,
who
proposed
to
take
advantage
of
this
invitation
,
and
a
commotion
seemed
to
be
inevitable
,
when
by
the
greatest
good
luck
a
gentleman
of
the
name
of
Dobbin
,
who
had
been
walking
about
the
gardens
,
stepped
up
to
the
box
.
"
Be
off
,
you
fools
!
"
said
this
gentleman
--
shouldering
off
a
great
number
of
the
crowd
,
who
vanished
presently
before
his
cocked
hat
and
fierce
appearance
--
and
he
entered
the
box
in
a
most
agitated
state
.
"
Good
Heavens
!
Dobbin
,
where
have
you
been
?
"
Osborne
said
,
seizing
the
white
cashmere
shawl
from
his
friend
's
arm
,
and
huddling
up
Amelia
in
it
.
--
"
Make
yourself
useful
,
and
take
charge
of
Jos
here
,
whilst
I
take
the
ladies
to
the
carriage
.
"
Jos
was
for
rising
to
interfere
--
but
a
single
push
from
Osborne
's
finger
sent
him
puffing
back
into
his
seat
again
,
and
the
lieutenant
was
enabled
to
remove
the
ladies
in
safety
.
Jos
kissed
his
hand
to
them
as
they
retreated
,
and
hiccupped
out
"
Bless
you
!
Bless
you
!
"
Then
,
seizing
Captain
Dobbin
's
hand
,
and
weeping
in
the
most
pitiful
way
,
he
confided
to
that
gentleman
the
secret
of
his
loves
.
He
adored
that
girl
who
had
just
gone
out
;
he
had
broken
her
heart
,
he
knew
he
had
,
by
his
conduct
;
he
would
marry
her
next
morning
at
St.
George
's
,
Hanover
Square
;
he
'd
knock
up
the
Archbishop
of
Canterbury
at
Lambeth
:
he
would
,
by
Jove
!
and
have
him
in
readiness
;
and
,
acting
on
this
hint
,
Captain
Dobbin
shrewdly
induced
him
to
leave
the
gardens
and
hasten
to
Lambeth
Palace
,
and
,
when
once
out
of
the
gates
,
easily
conveyed
Mr.
Jos
Sedley
into
a
hackney-coach
,
which
deposited
him
safely
at
his
lodgings
.
George
Osborne
conducted
the
girls
home
in
safety
:
and
when
the
door
was
closed
upon
them
,
and
as
he
walked
across
Russell
Square
,
laughed
so
as
to
astonish
the
watchman
.
Amelia
looked
very
ruefully
at
her
friend
,
as
they
went
up
stairs
,
and
kissed
her
,
and
went
to
bed
without
any
more
talking
.
"
He
must
propose
to-morrow
,
"
thought
Rebecca
.
"
He
called
me
his
soul
's
darling
,
four
times
;
he
squeezed
my
hand
in
Amelia
's
presence
.
He
must
propose
to-morrow
.
"
And
so
thought
Amelia
,
too
.
And
I
dare
say
she
thought
of
the
dress
she
was
to
wear
as
bridesmaid
,
and
of
the
presents
which
she
should
make
to
her
nice
little
sister-in-law
,
and
of
a
subsequent
ceremony
in
which
she
herself
might
play
a
principal
part
,
&
c.
,
and
&
c.
,
and
&
c.
,
and
&
c.
Oh
,
ignorant
young
creatures
!
How
little
do
you
know
the
effect
of
rack
punch
!
What
is
the
rack
in
the
punch
,
at
night
,
to
the
rack
in
the
head
of
a
morning
?
To
this
truth
I
can
vouch
as
a
man
;
there
is
no
headache
in
the
world
like
that
caused
by
Vauxhall
punch
.
Through
the
lapse
of
twenty
years
,
I
can
remember
the
consequence
of
two
glasses
!
two
wine-glasses
!
but
two
,
upon
the
honour
of
a
gentleman
;
and
Joseph
Sedley
,
who
had
a
liver
complaint
,
had
swallowed
at
least
a
quart
of
the
abominable
mixture
.
That
next
morning
,
which
Rebecca
thought
was
to
dawn
upon
her
fortune
,
found
Sedley
groaning
in
agonies
which
the
pen
refuses
to
describe
.
Soda-water
was
not
invented
yet
.
Small
beer
--
will
it
be
believed
!
--
was
the
only
drink
with
which
unhappy
gentlemen
soothed
the
fever
of
their
previous
night
's
potation
.
With
this
mild
beverage
before
him
,
George
Osborne
found
the
ex-Collector
of
Boggley
Wollah
groaning
on
the
sofa
at
his
lodgings
.
Dobbin
was
already
in
the
room
,
good-naturedly
tending
his
patient
of
the
night
before
.
The
two
officers
,
looking
at
the
prostrate
Bacchanalian
,
and
askance
at
each
other
,
exchanged
the
most
frightful
sympathetic
grins
.
Even
Sedley
's
valet
,
the
most
solemn
and
correct
of
gentlemen
,
with
the
muteness
and
gravity
of
an
undertaker
,
could
hardly
keep
his
countenance
in
order
,
as
he
looked
at
his
unfortunate
master
.
"
Mr.
Sedley
was
uncommon
wild
last
night
,
sir
,
"
he
whispered
in
confidence
to
Osborne
,
as
the
latter
mounted
the
stair
.
"
He
wanted
to
fight
the
'
ackney-coachman
,
sir
.
The
Capting
was
obliged
to
bring
him
upstairs
in
his
harms
like
a
babby
.
"
A
momentary
smile
flickered
over
Mr.
Brush
's
features
as
he
spoke
;
instantly
,
however
,
they
relapsed
into
their
usual
unfathomable
calm
,
as
he
flung
open
the
drawing-room
door
,
and
announced
"
Mr.
Hosbin
.
