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Chopper
said
he
believed
he
was
.
Indeed
both
of
them
knew
the
fact
perfectly
.
Osborne
took
a
letter
directed
to
that
officer
,
and
giving
it
to
the
clerk
,
requested
the
latter
to
deliver
it
into
Dobbin
's
own
hands
immediately
.
"
And
now
,
Chopper
,
"
says
he
,
taking
his
hat
,
and
with
a
strange
look
,
"
my
mind
will
be
easy
.
"
Exactly
as
the
clock
struck
two
(
there
was
no
doubt
an
appointment
between
the
pair
)
Mr.
Frederick
Bullock
called
,
and
he
and
Mr.
Osborne
walked
away
together
.
The
Colonel
of
the
--
th
regiment
,
in
which
Messieurs
Dobbin
and
Osborne
had
companies
,
was
an
old
General
who
had
made
his
first
campaign
under
Wolfe
at
Quebec
,
and
was
long
since
quite
too
old
and
feeble
for
command
;
but
he
took
some
interest
in
the
regiment
of
which
he
was
the
nominal
head
,
and
made
certain
of
his
young
officers
welcome
at
his
table
,
a
kind
of
hospitality
which
I
believe
is
not
now
common
amongst
his
brethren
.
Captain
Dobbin
was
an
especial
favourite
of
this
old
General
.
Dobbin
was
versed
in
the
literature
of
his
profession
,
and
could
talk
about
the
great
Frederick
,
and
the
Empress
Queen
,
and
their
wars
,
almost
as
well
as
the
General
himself
,
who
was
indifferent
to
the
triumphs
of
the
present
day
,
and
whose
heart
was
with
the
tacticians
of
fifty
years
back
.
This
officer
sent
a
summons
to
Dobbin
to
come
and
breakfast
with
him
,
on
the
morning
when
Mr.
Osborne
altered
his
will
and
Mr.
Chopper
put
on
his
best
shirt
frill
,
and
then
informed
his
young
favourite
,
a
couple
of
days
in
advance
,
of
that
which
they
were
all
expecting
--
a
marching
order
to
go
to
Belgium
.
The
order
for
the
regiment
to
hold
itself
in
readiness
would
leave
the
Horse
Guards
in
a
day
or
two
;
and
as
transports
were
in
plenty
,
they
would
get
their
route
before
the
week
was
over
.
Recruits
had
come
in
during
the
stay
of
the
regiment
at
Chatham
;
and
the
old
General
hoped
that
the
regiment
which
had
helped
to
beat
Montcalm
in
Canada
,
and
to
rout
Mr.
Washington
on
Long
Island
,
would
prove
itself
worthy
of
its
historical
reputation
on
the
oft-trodden
battle-grounds
of
the
Low
Countries
.
"
And
so
,
my
good
friend
,
if
you
have
any
affaire
la
,
said
the
old
General
,
taking
a
pinch
of
snuff
with
his
trembling
white
old
hand
,
and
then
pointing
to
the
spot
of
his
robe
de
chambre
under
which
his
heart
was
still
feebly
beating
,
"
if
you
have
any
Phillis
to
console
,
or
to
bid
farewell
to
papa
and
mamma
,
or
any
will
to
make
,
I
recommend
you
to
set
about
your
business
without
delay
.
"
With
which
the
General
gave
his
young
friend
a
finger
to
shake
,
and
a
good-natured
nod
of
his
powdered
and
pigtailed
head
;
and
the
door
being
closed
upon
Dobbin
,
sate
down
to
pen
a
poulet
(
he
was
exceedingly
vain
of
his
French
)
to
Mademoiselle
Amenaide
of
His
Majesty
's
Theatre
.
This
news
made
Dobbin
grave
,
and
he
thought
of
our
friends
at
Brighton
,
and
then
he
was
ashamed
of
himself
that
Amelia
was
always
the
first
thing
in
his
thoughts
(
always
before
anybody
--
before
father
and
mother
,
sisters
and
duty
--
always
at
waking
and
sleeping
indeed
,
and
all
day
long
)
;
and
returning
to
his
hotel
,
he
sent
off
a
brief
note
to
Mr.
Osborne
acquainting
him
with
the
information
which
he
had
received
,
and
which
might
tend
farther
,
he
hoped
,
to
bring
about
a
reconciliation
with
George
.
This
note
,
despatched
by
the
same
messenger
who
had
carried
the
invitation
to
Chopper
on
the
previous
day
,
alarmed
the
worthy
clerk
not
a
little
.
It
was
inclosed
to
him
,
and
as
he
opened
the
letter
he
trembled
lest
the
dinner
should
be
put
off
on
which
he
was
calculating
.
His
mind
was
inexpressibly
relieved
when
he
found
that
the
envelope
was
only
a
reminder
for
himself
.
(
"
I
shall
expect
you
at
half-past
five
,
"
Captain
Dobbin
wrote
.
)
He
was
very
much
interested
about
his
employer
's
family
;
but
,
que
voulez-vous
?
a
grand
dinner
was
of
more
concern
to
him
than
the
affairs
of
any
other
mortal
.
Dobbin
was
quite
justified
in
repeating
the
General
's
information
to
any
officers
of
the
regiment
whom
he
should
see
in
the
course
of
his
peregrinations
;
accordingly
he
imparted
it
to
Ensign
Stubble
,
whom
he
met
at
the
agent
's
,
and
who
--
such
was
his
military
ardour
--
went
off
instantly
to
purchase
a
new
sword
at
the
accoutrement-maker
's
.
Here
this
young
fellow
,
who
,
though
only
seventeen
years
of
age
,
and
about
sixty-five
inches
high
,
with
a
constitution
naturally
rickety
and
much
impaired
by
premature
brandy
and
water
,
had
an
undoubted
courage
and
a
lion
's
heart
,
poised
,
tried
,
bent
,
and
balanced
a
weapon
such
as
he
thought
would
do
execution
amongst
Frenchmen
.
Shouting
"
Ha
,
ha
!
"
and
stamping
his
little
feet
with
tremendous
energy
,
he
delivered
the
point
twice
or
thrice
at
Captain
Dobbin
,
who
parried
the
thrust
laughingly
with
his
bamboo
walking-stick
.
Mr.
Stubble
,
as
may
be
supposed
from
his
size
and
slenderness
,
was
of
the
Light
Bobs
.
Ensign
Spooney
,
on
the
contrary
,
was
a
tall
youth
,
and
belonged
to
(
Captain
Dobbin
's
)
the
Grenadier
Company
,
and
he
tried
on
a
new
bearskin
cap
,
under
which
he
looked
savage
beyond
his
years
.
Then
these
two
lads
went
off
to
the
Slaughters
'
,
and
having
ordered
a
famous
dinner
,
sate
down
and
wrote
off
letters
to
the
kind
anxious
parents
at
home
--
letters
full
of
love
and
heartiness
,
and
pluck
and
bad
spelling
.
Ah
!
there
were
many
anxious
hearts
beating
through
England
at
that
time
;
and
mothers
'
prayers
and
tears
flowing
in
many
homesteads
.
