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Perhaps
he
was
not
inclined
to
put
himself
in
his
exhausted
state
again
under
the
guardianship
of
Glorvina
.
"
I
think
Miss
O'Dowd
would
have
done
for
me
,
"
he
said
laughingly
to
a
fellow-passenger
,
"
if
we
had
had
her
on
board
,
and
when
she
had
sunk
me
,
she
would
have
fallen
upon
you
,
depend
upon
it
,
and
carried
you
in
as
a
prize
to
Southampton
,
Jos
,
my
boy
.
"
For
indeed
it
was
no
other
than
our
stout
friend
who
was
also
a
passenger
on
board
the
Ramchunder
.
He
had
passed
ten
years
in
Bengal
.
Constant
dinners
,
tiffins
,
pale
ale
and
claret
,
the
prodigious
labour
of
cutcherry
,
and
the
refreshment
of
brandy-pawnee
which
he
was
forced
to
take
there
,
had
their
effect
upon
Waterloo
Sedley
.
A
voyage
to
Europe
was
pronounced
necessary
for
him
--
and
having
served
his
full
time
in
India
and
had
fine
appointments
which
had
enabled
him
to
lay
by
a
considerable
sum
of
money
,
he
was
free
to
come
home
and
stay
with
a
good
pension
,
or
to
return
and
resume
that
rank
in
the
service
to
which
his
seniority
and
his
vast
talents
entitled
him
.
He
was
rather
thinner
than
when
we
last
saw
him
,
but
had
gained
in
majesty
and
solemnity
of
demeanour
.
He
had
resumed
the
mustachios
to
which
his
services
at
Waterloo
entitled
him
,
and
swaggered
about
on
deck
in
a
magnificent
velvet
cap
with
a
gold
band
and
a
profuse
ornamentation
of
pins
and
jewellery
about
his
person
.
He
took
breakfast
in
his
cabin
and
dressed
as
solemnly
to
appear
on
the
quarter-deck
as
if
he
were
going
to
turn
out
for
Bond
Street
,
or
the
Course
at
Calcutta
.
He
brought
a
native
servant
with
him
,
who
was
his
valet
and
pipe-bearer
and
who
wore
the
Sedley
crest
in
silver
on
his
turban
.
That
oriental
menial
had
a
wretched
life
under
the
tyranny
of
Jos
Sedley
.
Jos
was
as
vain
of
his
person
as
a
woman
,
and
took
as
long
a
time
at
his
toilette
as
any
fading
beauty
.
The
youngsters
among
the
passengers
,
Young
Chaffers
of
the
150th
,
and
poor
little
Ricketts
,
coming
home
after
his
third
fever
,
used
to
draw
out
Sedley
at
the
cuddy-table
and
make
him
tell
prodigious
stories
about
himself
and
his
exploits
against
tigers
and
Napoleon
.
He
was
great
when
he
visited
the
Emperor
's
tomb
at
Longwood
,
when
to
these
gentlemen
and
the
young
officers
of
the
ship
,
Major
Dobbin
not
being
by
,
he
described
the
whole
battle
of
Waterloo
and
all
but
announced
that
Napoleon
never
would
have
gone
to
Saint
Helena
at
all
but
for
him
,
Jos
Sedley
.
After
leaving
St.
Helena
he
became
very
generous
,
disposing
of
a
great
quantity
of
ship
stores
,
claret
,
preserved
meats
,
and
great
casks
packed
with
soda-water
,
brought
out
for
his
private
delectation
.
There
were
no
ladies
on
board
;
the
Major
gave
the
pas
of
precedency
to
the
civilian
,
so
that
he
was
the
first
dignitary
at
table
,
and
treated
by
Captain
Bragg
and
the
officers
of
the
Ramchunder
with
the
respect
which
his
rank
warranted
.
He
disappeared
rather
in
a
panic
during
a
two-days
'
gale
,
in
which
he
had
the
portholes
of
his
cabin
battened
down
,
and
remained
in
his
cot
reading
the
Washerwoman
of
Finchley
Common
,
left
on
board
the
Ramchunder
by
the
Right
Honourable
the
Lady
Emily
Hornblower
,
wife
of
the
Rev.
Silas
Hornblower
,
when
on
their
passage
out
to
the
Cape
,
where
the
Reverend
gentleman
was
a
missionary
;
but
,
for
common
reading
,
he
had
brought
a
stock
of
novels
and
plays
which
he
lent
to
the
rest
of
the
ship
,
and
rendered
himself
agreeable
to
all
by
his
kindness
and
condescension
.
Many
and
many
a
night
as
the
ship
was
cutting
through
the
roaring
dark
sea
,
the
moon
and
stars
shining
overhead
and
the
bell
singing
out
the
watch
,
Mr.
Sedley
and
the
Major
would
sit
on
the
quarter-deck
of
the
vessel
talking
about
home
,
as
the
Major
smoked
his
cheroot
and
the
civilian
puffed
at
the
hookah
which
his
servant
prepared
for
him
.
In
these
conversations
it
was
wonderful
with
what
perseverance
and
ingenuity
Major
Dobbin
would
manage
to
bring
the
talk
round
to
the
subject
of
Amelia
and
her
little
boy
.
Jos
,
a
little
testy
about
his
father
's
misfortunes
and
unceremonious
applications
to
him
,
was
soothed
down
by
the
Major
,
who
pointed
out
the
elder
's
ill
fortunes
and
old
age
.
He
would
not
perhaps
like
to
live
with
the
old
couple
,
whose
ways
and
hours
might
not
agree
with
those
of
a
younger
man
,
accustomed
to
different
society
(
Jos
bowed
at
this
compliment
)
;
but
,
the
Major
pointed
out
,
how
advantageous
it
would
be
for
Jos
Sedley
to
have
a
house
of
his
own
in
London
,
and
not
a
mere
bachelor
's
establishment
as
before
;
how
his
sister
Amelia
would
be
the
very
person
to
preside
over
it
;
how
elegant
,
how
gentle
she
was
,
and
of
what
refined
good
manners
.
He
recounted
stories
of
the
success
which
Mrs.
George
Osborne
had
had
in
former
days
at
Brussels
,
and
in
London
,
where
she
was
much
admired
by
people
of
very
great
fashion
;
and
he
then
hinted
how
becoming
it
would
be
for
Jos
to
send
Georgy
to
a
good
school
and
make
a
man
of
him
,
for
his
mother
and
her
parents
would
be
sure
to
spoil
him
.
In
a
word
,
this
artful
Major
made
the
civilian
promise
to
take
charge
of
Amelia
and
her
unprotected
child
.
He
did
not
know
as
yet
what
events
had
happened
in
the
little
Sedley
family
,
and
how
death
had
removed
the
mother
,
and
riches
had
carried
off
George
from
Amelia
.
But
the
fact
is
that
every
day
and
always
,
this
love-smitten
and
middle-aged
gentleman
was
thinking
about
Mrs.
Osborne
,
and
his
whole
heart
was
bent
upon
doing
her
good
.
He
coaxed
,
wheedled
,
cajoled
,
and
complimented
Jos
Sedley
with
a
perseverance
and
cordiality
of
which
he
was
not
aware
himself
,
very
likely
;
but
some
men
who
have
unmarried
sisters
or
daughters
even
,
may
remember
how
uncommonly
agreeable
gentlemen
are
to
the
male
relations
when
they
are
courting
the
females
;
and
perhaps
this
rogue
of
a
Dobbin
was
urged
by
a
similar
hypocrisy
.
The
truth
is
,
when
Major
Dobbin
came
on
board
the
Ramchumder
,
very
sick
,
and
for
the
three
days
she
lay
in
the
Madras
Roads
,
he
did
not
begin
to
rally
,
nor
did
even
the
appearance
and
recognition
of
his
old
acquaintance
,
Mr.
Sedley
,
on
board
much
cheer
him
,
until
after
a
conversation
which
they
had
one
day
,
as
the
Major
was
laid
languidly
on
the
deck
.
He
said
then
he
thought
he
was
doomed
;
he
had
left
a
little
something
to
his
godson
in
his
will
,
and
he
trusted
Mrs.
Osborne
would
remember
him
kindly
and
be
happy
in
the
marriage
she
was
about
to
make
.
"
Married
?
not
the
least
,
"
Jos
answered
;
"
he
had
heard
from
her
:
she
made
no
mention
of
the
marriage
,
and
by
the
way
,
it
was
curious
,
she
wrote
to
say
that
Major
Dobbin
was
going
to
be
married
,
and
hoped
that
HE
would
be
happy
.
"
What
were
the
dates
of
Sedley
's
letters
from
Europe
?
The
civilian
fetched
them
.
