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I
suppose
Amelia
's
father
and
mother
saw
through
the
intentions
of
the
Major
,
and
were
not
ill-disposed
to
encourage
him
;
for
Dobbin
visited
their
house
daily
,
and
stayed
for
hours
with
them
,
or
with
Amelia
,
or
with
the
honest
landlord
,
Mr.
Clapp
,
and
his
family
.
He
brought
,
on
one
pretext
or
another
,
presents
to
everybody
,
and
almost
every
day
;
and
went
,
with
the
landlord
's
little
girl
,
who
was
rather
a
favourite
with
Amelia
,
by
the
name
of
Major
Sugarplums
.
It
was
this
little
child
who
commonly
acted
as
mistress
of
the
ceremonies
to
introduce
him
to
Mrs.
Osborne
.
She
laughed
one
day
when
Major
Sugarplums
'
cab
drove
up
to
Fulham
,
and
he
descended
from
it
,
bringing
out
a
wooden
horse
,
a
drum
,
a
trumpet
,
and
other
warlike
toys
,
for
little
Georgy
,
who
was
scarcely
six
months
old
,
and
for
whom
the
articles
in
question
were
entirely
premature
.
The
child
was
asleep
"
Hush
,
"
said
Amelia
,
annoyed
,
perhaps
,
at
the
creaking
of
the
Major
's
boots
;
and
she
held
out
her
hand
;
smiling
because
William
could
not
take
it
until
he
had
rid
himself
of
his
cargo
of
toys
.
"
Go
downstairs
,
little
Mary
,
"
said
he
presently
to
the
child
,
"
I
want
to
speak
to
Mrs.
Osborne
.
"
She
looked
up
rather
astonished
,
and
laid
down
the
infant
on
its
bed
.
"
I
am
come
to
say
good-bye
,
Amelia
,
"
said
he
,
taking
her
slender
little
white
hand
gently
.
"
Good-bye
?
and
where
are
you
going
?
"
she
said
,
with
a
smile
.
"
Send
the
letters
to
the
agents
,
"
he
said
;
"
they
will
forward
them
;
for
you
will
write
to
me
,
wo
n't
you
?
I
shall
be
away
a
long
time
.
"
"
I
'll
write
to
you
about
Georgy
,
"
she
said
.
"
Dear
'
William
,
how
good
you
have
been
to
him
and
to
me
.
Look
at
him
.
Is
n't
he
like
an
angel
?
"
The
little
pink
hands
of
the
child
closed
mechanically
round
the
honest
soldier
's
finger
,
and
Amelia
looked
up
in
his
face
with
bright
maternal
pleasure
.
The
cruellest
looks
could
not
have
wounded
him
more
than
that
glance
of
hopeless
kindness
.
He
bent
over
the
child
and
mother
.
He
could
not
speak
for
a
moment
.
And
it
was
only
with
all
his
strength
that
he
could
force
himself
to
say
a
God
bless
you
.
"
God
bless
you
,
"
said
Amelia
,
and
held
up
her
face
and
kissed
him
.
"
Hush
!
Do
n't
wake
Georgy
!
"
she
added
,
as
William
Dobbin
went
to
the
door
with
heavy
steps
.
She
did
not
hear
the
noise
of
his
cab-wheels
as
he
drove
away
:
she
was
looking
at
the
child
,
who
was
laughing
in
his
sleep
.
I
suppose
there
is
no
man
in
this
Vanity
Fair
of
ours
so
little
observant
as
not
to
think
sometimes
about
the
worldly
affairs
of
his
acquaintances
,
or
so
extremely
charitable
as
not
to
wonder
how
his
neighbour
Jones
,
or
his
neighbour
Smith
,
can
make
both
ends
meet
at
the
end
of
the
year
.
With
the
utmost
regard
for
the
family
,
for
instance
(
for
I
dine
with
them
twice
or
thrice
in
the
season
)
,
I
can
not
but
own
that
the
appearance
of
the
Jenkinses
in
the
park
,
in
the
large
barouche
with
the
grenadier-footmen
,
will
surprise
and
mystify
me
to
my
dying
day
:
for
though
I
know
the
equipage
is
only
jobbed
,
and
all
the
Jenkins
people
are
on
board
wages
,
yet
those
three
men
and
the
carriage
must
represent
an
expense
of
six
hundred
a
year
at
the
very
least
--
and
then
there
are
the
splendid
dinners
,
the
two
boys
at
Eton
,
the
prize
governess
and
masters
for
the
girls
,
the
trip
abroad
,
or
to
Eastbourne
or
Worthing
,
in
the
autumn
,
the
annual
ball
with
a
supper
from
Gunter
's
(
who
,
by
the
way
,
supplies
most
of
the
first-rate
dinners
which
J.
gives
,
as
I
know
very
well
,
having
been
invited
to
one
of
them
to
fill
a
vacant
place
,
when
I
saw
at
once
that
these
repasts
are
very
superior
to
the
common
run
of
entertainments
for
which
the
humbler
sort
of
J.
'
s
acquaintances
get
cards
)
--
who
,
I
say
,
with
the
most
good-natured
feelings
in
the
world
,
can
help
wondering
how
the
Jenkinses
make
out
matters
?
What
is
Jenkins
?
We
all
know
--
Commissioner
of
the
Tape
and
Sealing
Wax
Office
,
with
1200
pounds
a
year
for
a
salary
.
