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Little
Amelia
,
it
must
be
owned
,
had
rather
a
mean
opinion
of
her
husband
's
friend
,
Captain
Dobbin
.
He
lisped
--
he
was
very
plain
and
homely-looking
:
and
exceedingly
awkward
and
ungainly
.
She
liked
him
for
his
attachment
to
her
husband
(
to
be
sure
there
was
very
little
merit
in
that
)
,
and
she
thought
George
was
most
generous
and
kind
in
extending
his
friendship
to
his
brother
officer
.
George
had
mimicked
Dobbin
's
lisp
and
queer
manners
many
times
to
her
,
though
to
do
him
justice
,
he
always
spoke
most
highly
of
his
friend
's
good
qualities
.
In
her
little
day
of
triumph
,
and
not
knowing
him
intimately
as
yet
,
she
made
light
of
honest
William
--
and
he
knew
her
opinions
of
him
quite
well
,
and
acquiesced
in
them
very
humbly
.
A
time
came
when
she
knew
him
better
,
and
changed
her
notions
regarding
him
;
but
that
was
distant
as
yet
.
As
for
Rebecca
,
Captain
Dobbin
had
not
been
two
hours
in
the
ladies
'
company
before
she
understood
his
secret
perfectly
.
She
did
not
like
him
,
and
feared
him
privately
;
nor
was
he
very
much
prepossessed
in
her
favour
.
He
was
so
honest
,
that
her
arts
and
cajoleries
did
not
affect
him
,
and
he
shrank
from
her
with
instinctive
repulsion
.
And
,
as
she
was
by
no
means
so
far
superior
to
her
sex
as
to
be
above
jealousy
,
she
disliked
him
the
more
for
his
adoration
of
Amelia
.
Nevertheless
,
she
was
very
respectful
and
cordial
in
her
manner
towards
him
.
A
friend
to
the
Osbornes
!
a
friend
to
her
dearest
benefactors
!
She
vowed
she
should
always
love
him
sincerely
:
she
remembered
him
quite
well
on
the
Vauxhall
night
,
as
she
told
Amelia
archly
,
and
she
made
a
little
fun
of
him
when
the
two
ladies
went
to
dress
for
dinner
.
Rawdon
Crawley
paid
scarcely
any
attention
to
Dobbin
,
looking
upon
him
as
a
good-natured
nincompoop
and
under-bred
City
man
.
Jos
patronised
him
with
much
dignity
.
When
George
and
Dobbin
were
alone
in
the
latter
's
room
,
to
which
George
had
followed
him
,
Dobbin
took
from
his
desk
the
letter
which
he
had
been
charged
by
Mr.
Osborne
to
deliver
to
his
son
.
"
It
's
not
in
my
father
's
handwriting
,
"
said
George
,
looking
rather
alarmed
;
nor
was
it
:
the
letter
was
from
Mr.
Osborne
's
lawyer
,
and
to
the
following
effect
:
"
Bedford
Row
,
May
7
,
1815
.
"
SIR
,
"
I
am
commissioned
by
Mr.
Osborne
to
inform
you
,
that
he
abides
by
the
determination
which
he
before
expressed
to
you
,
and
that
in
consequence
of
the
marriage
which
you
have
been
pleased
to
contract
,
he
ceases
to
consider
you
henceforth
as
a
member
of
his
family
.
This
determination
is
final
and
irrevocable
.
"
Although
the
monies
expended
upon
you
in
your
minority
,
and
the
bills
which
you
have
drawn
upon
him
so
unsparingly
of
late
years
,
far
exceed
in
amount
the
sum
to
which
you
are
entitled
in
your
own
right
(
being
the
third
part
of
the
fortune
of
your
mother
,
the
late
Mrs.
Osborne
and
which
reverted
to
you
at
her
decease
,
and
to
Miss
Jane
Osborne
and
Miss
Maria
Frances
Osborne
)
;
yet
I
am
instructed
by
Mr.
Osborne
to
say
,
that
he
waives
all
claim
upon
your
estate
,
and
that
the
sum
of
2,000
pounds
,
4
per
cent
.
annuities
,
at
the
value
of
the
day
(
being
your
one-third
share
of
the
sum
of
6,000
pounds
)
,
shall
be
paid
over
to
yourself
or
your
agents
upon
your
receipt
for
the
same
,
by
"
Your
obedient
Servt.
,
"
S.
HIGGS
.
