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"
I
think
that
will
do
for
him
,
"
Figs
said
,
as
his
opponent
dropped
as
neatly
on
the
green
as
I
have
seen
Jack
Spot
's
ball
plump
into
the
pocket
at
billiards
;
and
the
fact
is
,
when
time
was
called
,
Mr.
Reginald
Cuff
was
not
able
,
or
did
not
choose
,
to
stand
up
again
.
And
now
all
the
boys
set
up
such
a
shout
for
Figs
as
would
have
made
you
think
he
had
been
their
darling
champion
through
the
whole
battle
;
and
as
absolutely
brought
Dr.
Swishtail
out
of
his
study
,
curious
to
know
the
cause
of
the
uproar
.
He
threatened
to
flog
Figs
violently
,
of
course
;
but
Cuff
,
who
had
come
to
himself
by
this
time
,
and
was
washing
his
wounds
,
stood
up
and
said
,
"
It
's
my
fault
,
sir
--
not
Figs
'
--
not
Dobbin
's
.
I
was
bullying
a
little
boy
;
and
he
served
me
right
.
"
By
which
magnanimous
speech
he
not
only
saved
his
conqueror
a
whipping
,
but
got
back
all
his
ascendancy
over
the
boys
which
his
defeat
had
nearly
cost
him
.
Young
Osborne
wrote
home
to
his
parents
an
account
of
the
transaction
.
Sugarcane
House
,
Richmond
,
March
,
18
--
DEAR
MAMA
--
I
hope
you
are
quite
well
.
I
should
be
much
obliged
to
you
to
send
me
a
cake
and
five
shillings
.
There
has
been
a
fight
here
between
Cuff
&
Dobbin
.
Cuff
,
you
know
,
was
the
Cock
of
the
School
.
They
fought
thirteen
rounds
,
and
Dobbin
Licked
.
So
Cuff
is
now
Only
Second
Cock
.
The
fight
was
about
me
.
Cuff
was
licking
me
for
breaking
a
bottle
of
milk
,
and
Figs
would
n't
stand
it
.
We
call
him
Figs
because
his
father
is
a
Grocer
--
Figs
&
Rudge
,
Thames
St.
,
City
--
I
think
as
he
fought
for
me
you
ought
to
buy
your
Tea
&
Sugar
at
his
father
's
.
Cuff
goes
home
every
Saturday
,
but
ca
n't
this
,
because
he
has
2
Black
Eyes
.
He
has
a
white
Pony
to
come
and
fetch
him
,
and
a
groom
in
livery
on
a
bay
mare
.
I
wish
my
Papa
would
let
me
have
a
Pony
,
and
I
am
Your
dutiful
Son
,
GEORGE
SEDLEY
OSBORNE
P.S.
--
Give
my
love
to
little
Emmy
.
I
am
cutting
her
out
a
Coach
in
cardboard
.
Please
not
a
seed-cake
,
but
a
plum-cake
.
In
consequence
of
Dobbin
's
victory
,
his
character
rose
prodigiously
in
the
estimation
of
all
his
schoolfellows
,
and
the
name
of
Figs
,
which
had
been
a
byword
of
reproach
,
became
as
respectable
and
popular
a
nickname
as
any
other
in
use
in
the
school
.
"
After
all
,
it
's
not
his
fault
that
his
father
's
a
grocer
,
"
George
Osborne
said
,
who
,
though
a
little
chap
,
had
a
very
high
popularity
among
the
Swishtail
youth
;
and
his
opinion
was
received
with
great
applause
.
It
was
voted
low
to
sneer
at
Dobbin
about
this
accident
of
birth
.
"
Old
Figs
"
grew
to
be
a
name
of
kindness
and
endearment
;
and
the
sneak
of
an
usher
jeered
at
him
no
longer
.
And
Dobbin
's
spirit
rose
with
his
altered
circumstances
.
He
made
wonderful
advances
in
scholastic
learning
.
The
superb
Cuff
himself
,
at
whose
condescension
Dobbin
could
only
blush
and
wonder
,
helped
him
on
with
his
Latin
verses
;
"
coached
"
him
in
play-hours
:
carried
him
triumphantly
out
of
the
little-boy
class
into
the
middle-sized
form
;
and
even
there
got
a
fair
place
for
him
.
It
was
discovered
,
that
although
dull
at
classical
learning
,
at
mathematics
he
was
uncommonly
quick
.
To
the
contentment
of
all
he
passed
third
in
algebra
,
and
got
a
French
prize-book
at
the
public
Midsummer
examination
.
You
should
have
seen
his
mother
's
face
when
Telemaque
(
that
delicious
romance
)
was
presented
to
him
by
the
Doctor
in
the
face
of
the
whole
school
and
the
parents
and
company
,
with
an
inscription
to
Gulielmo
Dobbin
.
All
the
boys
clapped
hands
in
token
of
applause
and
sympathy
.
