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"
Only
I
wish
you
had
sown
those
wild
oats
of
yours
,
George
.
If
you
could
have
seen
poor
little
Miss
Emmy
's
face
when
she
asked
me
about
you
the
other
day
,
you
would
have
pitched
those
billiard-balls
to
the
deuce
.
Go
and
comfort
her
,
you
rascal
.
Go
and
write
her
a
long
letter
.
Do
something
to
make
her
happy
;
a
very
little
will
.
"
"
I
believe
she
's
d
--
d
fond
of
me
,
"
the
Lieutenant
said
,
with
a
self-satisfied
air
;
and
went
off
to
finish
the
evening
with
some
jolly
fellows
in
the
mess-room
.
Amelia
meanwhile
,
in
Russell
Square
,
was
looking
at
the
moon
,
which
was
shining
upon
that
peaceful
spot
,
as
well
as
upon
the
square
of
the
Chatham
barracks
,
where
Lieutenant
Osborne
was
quartered
,
and
thinking
to
herself
how
her
hero
was
employed
.
Perhaps
he
is
visiting
the
sentries
,
thought
she
;
perhaps
he
is
bivouacking
;
perhaps
he
is
attending
the
couch
of
a
wounded
comrade
,
or
studying
the
art
of
war
up
in
his
own
desolate
chamber
.
And
her
kind
thoughts
sped
away
as
if
they
were
angels
and
had
wings
,
and
flying
down
the
river
to
Chatham
and
Rochester
,
strove
to
peep
into
the
barracks
where
George
was
...
All
things
considered
,
I
think
it
was
as
well
the
gates
were
shut
,
and
the
sentry
allowed
no
one
to
pass
;
so
that
the
poor
little
white-robed
angel
could
not
hear
the
songs
those
young
fellows
were
roaring
over
the
whisky-punch
.
The
day
after
the
little
conversation
at
Chatham
barracks
,
young
Osborne
,
to
show
that
he
would
be
as
good
as
his
word
,
prepared
to
go
to
town
,
thereby
incurring
Captain
Dobbin
's
applause
.
"
I
should
have
liked
to
make
her
a
little
present
,
"
Osborne
said
to
his
friend
in
confidence
,
"
only
I
am
quite
out
of
cash
until
my
father
tips
up
.
"
But
Dobbin
would
not
allow
this
good
nature
and
generosity
to
be
balked
,
and
so
accommodated
Mr.
Osborne
with
a
few
pound
notes
,
which
the
latter
took
after
a
little
faint
scruple
.
And
I
dare
say
he
would
have
bought
something
very
handsome
for
Amelia
;
only
,
getting
off
the
coach
in
Fleet
Street
,
he
was
attracted
by
a
handsome
shirt-pin
in
a
jeweller
's
window
,
which
he
could
not
resist
;
and
having
paid
for
that
,
had
very
little
money
to
spare
for
indulging
in
any
further
exercise
of
kindness
.
Never
mind
:
you
may
be
sure
it
was
not
his
presents
Amelia
wanted
.
When
he
came
to
Russell
Square
,
her
face
lighted
up
as
if
he
had
been
sunshine
.
The
little
cares
,
fears
,
tears
,
timid
misgivings
,
sleepless
fancies
of
I
do
n't
know
how
many
days
and
nights
,
were
forgotten
,
under
one
moment
's
influence
of
that
familiar
,
irresistible
smile
.
He
beamed
on
her
from
the
drawing-room
door
--
magnificent
,
with
ambrosial
whiskers
,
like
a
god
.
Sambo
,
whose
face
as
he
announced
Captain
Osbin
(
having
conferred
a
brevet
rank
on
that
young
officer
)
blazed
with
a
sympathetic
grin
,
saw
the
little
girl
start
,
and
flush
,
and
jump
up
from
her
watching-place
in
the
window
;
and
Sambo
retreated
:
and
as
soon
as
the
door
was
shut
,
she
went
fluttering
to
Lieutenant
George
Osborne
's
heart
as
if
it
was
the
only
natural
home
for
her
to
nestle
in
.
Oh
,
thou
poor
panting
little
soul
!
The
very
finest
tree
in
the
whole
forest
,
with
the
straightest
stem
,
and
the
strongest
arms
,
and
the
thickest
foliage
,
wherein
you
choose
to
build
and
coo
,
may
be
marked
,
for
what
you
know
,
and
may
be
down
with
a
crash
ere
long
.
What
an
old
,
old
simile
that
is
,
between
man
and
timber
!
In
the
meanwhile
,
George
kissed
her
very
kindly
on
her
forehead
and
glistening
eyes
,
and
was
very
gracious
and
good
;
and
she
thought
his
diamond
shirt-pin
(
which
she
had
not
known
him
to
wear
before
)
the
prettiest
ornament
ever
seen
.
The
observant
reader
,
who
has
marked
our
young
Lieutenant
's
previous
behaviour
,
and
has
preserved
our
report
of
the
brief
conversation
which
he
has
just
had
with
Captain
Dobbin
,
has
possibly
come
to
certain
conclusions
regarding
the
character
of
Mr.
Osborne
.
Some
cynical
Frenchman
has
said
that
there
are
two
parties
to
a
love-transaction
:
the
one
who
loves
and
the
other
who
condescends
to
be
so
treated
.
Perhaps
the
love
is
occasionally
on
the
man
's
side
;
perhaps
on
the
lady
's
.
Perhaps
some
infatuated
swain
has
ere
this
mistaken
insensibility
for
modesty
,
dulness
for
maiden
reserve
,
mere
vacuity
for
sweet
bashfulness
,
and
a
goose
,
in
a
word
,
for
a
swan
.
Perhaps
some
beloved
female
subscriber
has
arrayed
an
ass
in
the
splendour
and
glory
of
her
imagination
;
admired
his
dulness
as
manly
simplicity
;
worshipped
his
selfishness
as
manly
superiority
;
treated
his
stupidity
as
majestic
gravity
,
and
used
him
as
the
brilliant
fairy
Titania
did
a
certain
weaver
at
Athens
.
I
think
I
have
seen
such
comedies
of
errors
going
on
in
the
world
.
But
this
is
certain
,
that
Amelia
believed
her
lover
to
be
one
of
the
most
gallant
and
brilliant
men
in
the
empire
:
and
it
is
possible
Lieutenant
Osborne
thought
so
too
.
He
was
a
little
wild
:
how
many
young
men
are
;
and
do
n't
girls
like
a
rake
better
than
a
milksop
?
He
had
n't
sown
his
wild
oats
as
yet
,
but
he
would
soon
:
and
quit
the
army
now
that
peace
was
proclaimed
;
the
Corsican
monster
locked
up
at
Elba
;
promotion
by
consequence
over
;
and
no
chance
left
for
the
display
of
his
undoubted
military
talents
and
valour
:
and
his
allowance
,
with
Amelia
's
settlement
,
would
enable
them
to
take
a
snug
place
in
the
country
somewhere
,
in
a
good
sporting
neighbourhood
;
and
he
would
hunt
a
little
,
and
farm
a
little
;
and
they
would
be
very
happy
.
As
for
remaining
in
the
army
as
a
married
man
,
that
was
impossible
.
Fancy
Mrs.
George
Osborne
in
lodgings
in
a
county
town
;
or
,
worse
still
,
in
the
East
or
West
Indies
,
with
a
society
of
officers
,
and
patronized
by
Mrs.
Major
O'Dowd
!
Amelia
died
with
laughing
at
Osborne
's
stories
about
Mrs.
Major
O'Dowd
.
He
loved
her
much
too
fondly
to
subject
her
to
that
horrid
woman
and
her
vulgarities
,
and
the
rough
treatment
of
a
soldier
's
wife
.
He
did
n't
care
for
himself
--
not
he
;
but
his
dear
little
girl
should
take
the
place
in
society
to
which
,
as
his
wife
,
she
was
entitled
:
and
to
these
proposals
you
may
be
sure
she
acceded
,
as
she
would
to
any
other
from
the
same
author
.
